Sentences with phrase «of young pitchers»

And their fans had better get used to the trials of young pitchers.

In his first few days in camp, Whitt tried to catch as many of the young pitchers as possible: John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, Pete Smith, Marty Clary, Derek Lilliquist, Joe Boever, Stanton.

«That team lost 102 games, but we had a couple of young pitchers named Ramon Martinez and John Wetteland.»

Of the young pitchers, Jim (Mudcat) Grant and Hal Woodeshick were impressive in training.

And they do have a lot of young pitchers in the rotation.

The second half will help them determine which of their young pitchers — Dennis Cook, Terry Mulholland, Bruce Ruffin and Pat Combs — are ready to become consistent winners.

It's the primary joy of pitching coach to develop the amazing array of young pitchers we have.

The Yankees have a stable of young pitchers who could soon make New York a contender.

The 57 - year - old Mazzone also butted heads with some of his younger pitchers, like Erik Bedard, who grumbled about the throwing program and chafed at Mazzone's direct personal approach.

I'm curious hypothetically in the case of a young pitcher coming from the D - league and playing his way onto the team as much as I'm asking about Wisler specifically.

Author Asa Higuchi tells the story of a young pitcher named Ren Mihashi, who wants to be an ace pitcher but suffers from an incredibly low self - esteem.

Not exact matches

There would be all sorts of swirling rumors about their young pitchers, too.

Hits from the left side with some power, and has a rep of working well with young pitchers.

The Rangers wanted Joe Ross, a young, above - average starting pitcher in a market devoid of them, for Profar, who might hit just enough to be a shortstop and is just three years away from free agency.

In 2004, Lee was 25 and one of the most erratic young pitchers in baseball, a class that's already filled with erratic pitchers by definition.

All of the big name pitchers that come to mind only have one WS win or no Cy Young awards.

I'd imagine the Rangers are more concerned about finding pitchers at this point, but they're not that far away from the Cubs / Astros dynamic of young talent and financial resources.

Jose Berrios is one of the most exciting young pitchers in baseball.

Sporting a major league best 71 - 43 record, one of the top young outfield prospects, and one of the top pitchers in...

This doesn't mean it'll work next year, but, dammit, how about a round of applause for the young pitchers who put their head into the jaws of Coors Field and took it right back out while everybody in the tent applauded?

If there were someone who was a) low - cost enough, b) around for three or four years, and c) could be the middle - of - the - order slugger they desperately need with Wright's career in jeopardy, then it might make perfect sense to trade one of their brightest young pitchers, like Syndergaard or Steven Matz.

Perez is pitching like a young pitcher coming back from Tommy John surgery, which is what he is, but he's had moments of brilliance.

Chris Sale (+200 to win the AL Cy Young) has long been one of the most underrated pitchers in baseball, but that all changes with his move to the Boston Red Sox.

27 HERB SCORE, PITCHER: At 22, the best young pitcher in the game; won 1955 Rookie of Year award with 245 strikeouts, and with added experience could win 25 or more games thiPITCHER: At 22, the best young pitcher in the game; won 1955 Rookie of Year award with 245 strikeouts, and with added experience could win 25 or more games thipitcher in the game; won 1955 Rookie of Year award with 245 strikeouts, and with added experience could win 25 or more games this year.

A coach can teach a young pitcher a lot of things; he can also help an experienced one correct flaws that seem to come up every once in a while no matter how good the pitcher may be.

Only one pitcher younger than 27 won more than 15 games last year: Andy Pettitte of the New York Yankees.

And if teams are wrong — if the import business brings more Ariel Prietos than Hideo Nomos — baseball, already suffering from a lost generation of good young pitchers, will continue to look more like the All - Star Game's home - run - hitting contest on a daily basis.

Some of the hardest - throwing young pitchers now become relievers, such as the Dodgers» Darren Dreifort, the Padres» Trevor Hoffman, the Angels» Troy Percival, the Yankees» Mariano Rivera and the Braves» Mark Wohlers.

«If there «sanything I can tell young pitchers,» Clemens says, «it is to understandthat when you get up in the morning and you're taking your shower and you «repitching that night, you know you're probably going to have second and thirdwith one out, and you're going to have to get out of it.

Dazzling young pitchers seem to pop up with astonishing regularity, and there is even a recent case or two of a good young hitter.

But it's a rising generation of good young pitchers that may be driving baseball into an era in which the little things matter again

The Reds were close to breaking through with their young group of hitters and pitchers.

While veteran pitcher Steve Avery and four - time Cy Young winner Greg Maddux felt at times in»94 that Lopez could improve on his game - calling skills, he did just that over the course of last season.

Mazzone's response: Today, Avery «wouldn't have even had a career» because of the way young pitchers are overprotected.

That competitive fire made young Mazzone exactly the kind of pitcher who would drive Mazzone the pitching coach off his rocker — not changing speeds enough, relying on velocity, maxing out, and trying to overpower hitters.

Privately, the G.M. was disturbed at the lack of progress made by the Braves» young pitchers...

The number of pitches thrown by major league pitchers is closely monitored to protect against injury, but monitoring pitch count is even more important in younger players because growing bones and joints are more susceptible to injury than in adults.

ROOKIE HOPES: Not much, except for two good young pitchers up from Syracuse: Jim Owens (according to Roy Hamey, possessor of «best curve in baseball») and Jack Meyer (led International League in strike - outs).

There was a three - year stretch when Jered Weaver was one of the best pitchers in baseball, with top - five Cy Young finishes in each of those seasons.

He dominated the hitter - friendly Pacific Coast League, posting a 1.10 ERA with nearly 10 strikeouts per nine — the average PCL pitcher has a 4.36 ERA, and 19 is younger than many of the players the Dodgers will draft in two weeks, never mind a typical Triple - A hurler.

I said at the start of the season I liked their young starting pitchers and «if the Rockies can manage a bullpen that is mediocre, they can make the playoffs.»

So part of what we want to do is get guys that are more stable — not that we're going to write off any of our young arms, we still like all them very much — but if we could add two veteran starting pitchers, that would really help our team.»

You'll spend the next decade dreaming about the big - armed, erratic young pitcher in your favorite team's system because of Arrieta, and he'll never be Arrieta.

But luckily for the Red Sox one of the unknowns, a young pitcher named Sam Jones, turned out to be good enough to win more than 200 big league games.

Anthony Rizzo's disaster of a debut -LRB-.141 /.281 /.242 in 153 plate appearances) was close to Buxton's, enough to make the Padres think, «If only there were a way to exchange this 21 - year - old prospect for a young pitcher with a sore shoulder!»

If the Rockies can cobble a pitching staff out of some of their younger pitchers, and if they can stay healthy, they actually have a shot.

«I've never seen a better young pitcher,» he said of Saberhagen.

And they are all young pitchers, after all, eternally likely to get sucked into the depths of pitching hell, where Stheno feasts on their elbows and Euryale turns their shoulders into stone.

A year ago in a similar look - see session at Miller Huggins Field, the Yankees spotted a young pitcher named Bob Grim who came to the majors and won 20 games, along with Rookie - of - the - Year honors.

Campolindo - Moraga, Class of 2014, Starting pitcher for Cal Baseball What would you tell your younger self so...