Sentences with phrase «minor league system»

A bottom - feeding minor league system at the time.

With arguably the best minor league system in all of baseball, it's not surprising that the Cubbies are projected to win an additional nine games this season.

That left 43 % to cover almost everything else: the highly paid team president, general manager and coach; assistant coaches and scouts; a whole minor league system; and hundreds more employees, as well as office supplies, the arena lease and the cost of freezing the ice.

He came out of nowhere, and if you're not a Mariners fan, he serves as a reminder that your favorite team's minor league system probably has an arm like this, only buried under layers and layers of inexperience and poor control.

The Braves» minor league system includes 20 foreigners among 94 pitchers.

The two - way contract is an attempt to keep the G - League moving toward a true minor league system, which is important to the NBA, and deservedly so.

«I just think it's good that we're getting people toward the baseball minor league system where you're bringing guys up the way you want to bring them up.

That's a very thin minor league system.

With a deep minor league system and a number of top - tier prospects, don't be surprised to see a trade deadline deal for Cole Hamels, Cliff Lee or another top flight pitcher.

This is because pro hockey and pro baseball came before college hockey and baseball, whereas college football and basketball came before the pros; giving them zero time to develop a reliable minor league system.

Only two relievers in Cleveland's entire minor league system collected 10 or more saves last year, and across the four full - season affiliates, 38 pitchers earned at least one save.

MVP Baseball for the PS2 was really a deep game that had a great minor league system that went along with a great franchise mode.

After graduating from Stanford, he was a pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays minor league system, playing for teams in Hudson Valley, NY; Charleston, SC; and Bakersfield, CA.

but it does require a very good minor league system to implement.

With all that being said, and seeing the young depth coming up thru the minor league system, my wish would be we could remove both Parra and Desmond from the OF equation and replace them with Tapia and Tauchman.

I would love it if this were a team that could win and contend, but I think we all have to accept that in its current construction it can not, I think we also have to accept that there aren't players in our minor league system that can change that.

«I'm not sure I imagined I would be playing baseball,» Tebow told SB Nation about his current job in the New York Mets» minor league system.

Van Poppel's fastball is instead popping in the A's minor league system.

The Astros» minor league system is well stocked, so trading pitcher Mike Scott, who would have big - time value for a contender, is still a possibility.

Oh, and that this time next year I'll be saying, «Well, at least they're building up the minor league system now.

I dug through the HH archives and read about the behind the scenes drama between Reagins, Bane, and the Clay Daniel fiasco which apparently were all factors in our minor league system's fall from grace.

Of course, that's not the point of the minor league system.

Ricky, an outfielder in the Philadelphia Phillies» minor league system, helped pay for the moves with the money he received after the Phillies selected him in the eighth round of the 1995 amateur draft.

They have the minor league system of the gods, but that doesn't mean they'll have the major league rotation of the gods.

They have a minor league system of note, with one of the most compelling power prospects of the last decade.

Moreover, managers in the Rangers» minor league system will be encouraged to allow starters to work through jams and to throw a minimum number of pitches.

It's a practice he began as a manager in the Mets» minor league system in the early»90s and one he continued after being named the Rockies» hitting coach in» 97.

Still needing pitchers, a shortstop, third baseman due to Brandon Inge's injury, a DH, all the while giving up more players in the minor league system.

Their minor league system has plenty of talent even with the unfortunate developments in Triple - A, and while they won't be eager to trade their premier prospects, they can afford to deal away quality while still maintaining a strong farm.

The NBA and the NFL always get criticized for using the NCAA as a minor league system.

Minor League Baseball WAGE AND HOUR FAIRNESS According to the complaint, MLB and its teams benefit enormously from the minor league system, as it allows them to develop future major league players.