Sentences with phrase «of good starting pitchers»

Having one of the best starting pitchers in baseball is a tremendous asset, but the 2010 — 12 Mariners have gone 48 — 44 in his starts — barely above.500.

Venezuela has one of the best starting pitchers in the world at its disposal in Felix Hernandez.

Not exact matches

When the ice starts to melt into the drink, the flavor of the fresh mint and lime seeps in to the agua fresca, so it's perfectly okay, and, actually better, to put the ice in the pitcher and fill it with the agua fresca before guests arrive so the ice has a chance to melt a little bit.

The Yankees» adjusted OPS is 89, their only reliable starting pitcher is Masahiro Tanaka and they traded away two of their best bullpen arms.

- There are now four rookies in the rotation - Last month, one of our «better» starting pitchers, colon, was suspended for the rest of the year for cheating.

Baseball Trade talks heat up, but pickings are slim The Angels demote their best starting pitcher An embarrassing turn of events for the Diamondbacks

Max Scherzer is the best pitcher left on the free agent market, and depending on your view of Jon Lester, was the best available from the offseason's start.

If the Giants somehow make it through their best starting pitchers getting raptured and contend for the NL West, will they be the last of a dying breed?

add one of my own — The Whitecaps will be «graduating» 3 starting pitchers with good numbers, presumably to Lakeland... Idrogo, Gutierrez, and Castro.

Rookie pitchers accounted for nearly 20 % of all starts in the majors last season, the highest such percentage since the World War II era (rookies made better than 22 % of major league starts in each year from 1943 through» 45).

Two questions are invariably asked of a good - hitting pitcher: Why not use him elsewhere in the lineup between starts; and if he fails as a pitcher, why not play him elsewhere full - time?

The best news for both the Twins and Brewers is that it's a fine market to be shopping for starting pitchers of all varieties.

He had one of the best starts for a pitcher on three day's rest since 2000.

If they trade him before the season, they get a bigger haul (well, duh) and since they are reportedly asking for multiple starting pitchers under team control, the sooner they trade him the better they can make the argument that one year of Machado is worth that return.

Their starting pitchers are mediocre at best, but the Twins have given their rivals the worst of it with strong hitting and a corps of stingy relievers

In baseball, top starting pitchers are a good indicator of success during baseball's playoff series.

It would be short - sighted to believe the Nationals will continue to lose 80 % of Edwin Jackson's starts if his ERA remains close to 3 and it would be downright foolish to assume Lincecum will remain one of the worst pitchers in baseball — even if he's not always a good bet.

What makes that even more fascinating is that today's starter for the D - Backs, Ian Kennedy, has actually been the best pitcher to bet on since the start of the 2011 season with a 28 - 15 team record; good for +11.4 units earned.

They start with a premise of «X makes for a good starting pitcher,» and finish with, «and Schilling and / or Mussina don't have enough X,» which is fair enough.

The last start of the season for Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Hernandez won't be best known for his nasty stuff on...

The last start of the season for Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Hernandez won't be best known for his nasty stuff on the mound.

That starts with the best pitcher alive, an unfair head start on the rest of the world.

Kenley Jansen has been one of the best relief pitchers in baseball for a few years, but in recent seasons the Dodgers» main bugaboo come October has been finding a suitable bridge to get from their starting pitchers to Jansen.

Other key players include Mitch Benson, typically the starting catcher as well as one of the team's pitchers behind Wolfe.

Make your jokes about the «Big Game» nickname or the handful of poor playoff starts if you must, but you should also recognize that James Shields just had a run as one of the best pitchers in baseball for four years.

For the Rangers, they were able to acquire one of the best pitchers in baseball to slot behind Yu Darvish starting next year and in the process didn't have to give up super-stud hitters Joey Gallo or Nomar Mazara, or pitcher Chi Chi Gonzalez.

With Cinco de Maya just around the corner, I'm starting to think about entertaining my friends with a pitcher of the classic Best Margarita Recipe, or one of these more creative 11 Best Margarita Recipes like the Spicy Pomegranate Margarita or the Sangria Swirl Margarita.

Many home water filters, including pitcher and faucet filters, do remove lead from drinking water, but it is best to start with a fresh flow of cold water.

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