Sentences with phrase «pitcher in baseball»

Now if you're a pitcher in baseball, you go to the surgeon and he fixes you up.

Johan Santana, arguably the best pitcher in baseball, is not a favorable duel for anyone but will definitely offer some juicy odds.

Why, I can show you similar pictures of every pitcher in baseball, including one of Sal Maglie where his face looks like there must be a scorpion in his undershorts, and all he's doing is pitching to the No. 6 batter with two outs in the second inning and a 5 - 0 lead.

He is the most watchable pitcher in baseball, and I really don't care if you want to well - actually me with Max Scherzer or Corey Kluber.

As a parting gift the group presented Byrd with a signed banner proclaiming him the GREATEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL.

Already 2 - 0 in the Series, Tudor had been the winningest pitcher in baseball since May 29, with a 23 - 2 record including postseason play.

The 26 - year - old Hernandez is right there with Justin Verlander in any discussion of the best pitcher in baseball, but he's had too few moments in which he could express that kind of joy on a baseball field.

And, just for good measure, Anthony Rendon hit a home run later in the inning, which means that Blazek is the first pitcher in baseball history to allow five home runs in an inning.

Kershaw is without a doubt the best pitcher in baseball.

They're in a weak division and have the best pitcher in baseball who should be healthy all year (at least that's the forecast).

Kyle Gibson is proving this wacky pitch - to - contact scheme correct, and he's probably the best pitcher in baseball now, give or take.

The best pitcher in baseball has the lowest career ERA (2.60 in his six seasons) of any starter in the live - ball era.

Urias has as much talent as any pitcher in baseball.

Big, fast and aggressive, he may be best clutch pitcher in baseball.

We've got the best pitcher in baseball coming back, then we've got solid guys behind him.

The next group of potential impact starters who have yet to pitch regularly in a rotation includes Karsay, 25, who has recovered from elbow surgery; Park, 23, who is taming his tendency toward wildness; and Carl Pavano, 21, a Red Sox prospect whom one scout calls «maybe the best pitcher in baseball on his way up.»

For seven seasons, he was just about the best pitcher in baseball, if not the best.

The best pitcher in baseball knows how good he is.

My argument today isn't that Kershaw is the best pitcher in baseball, which he is.

And Kershaw is the best pitcher in baseball.

Reminds me of how the Astros told Verlander last year to drop his release point to where it was earlier in his career (he didn't know it was different), and he has been the 4th - best pitcher in baseball (by wOBA) since that day (Sept 5, 2017).

That's the best pitcher in baseball in the dugout with the best team in baseball.

He's the best pitcher in baseball, and it's why he's the proud owner of a 0.91 ERA, which is the lowest in the NL, obviously.

This isn't a knock on Lee, who is still one of the most effective pitchers in baseball history.

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.

By the time he was pulled from the rotation, Lee became one of the few pitchers in baseball history to allow seven earned runs in three consecutive starts.

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

They could get one of the best pitchers in baseball right now.

Carlos Martinez was already one of the most versatile and dangerous pitchers in baseball.

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.

The all - star has never had superlative control, but he's been one of the wildest pitchers in baseball this year, leading the NL in walks.

Madison Bumgarner was one of the slowest pitchers in baseball last season, taking 23.6 seconds between pitches.

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.

And it's definitely, unmistakably cool to watch the best pitchers in baseball with guaranteed matchup after matchup against the best hitters in baseball.

I'm not saying he's a great candidate to do the Brad Peacock thing, but if he shows up in the middle innings and it looks like he has command of his slider, don't forget that command makes him one of the nastier pitchers in baseball.

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.

But if they had the top five pitchers in baseball last season — Zack Greinke, Jake Arrieta, Clayton Kershaw, Dallas Keuchel, and Max Scherzer — they would have combined for 40 WAR.

He wasn't indestructible and missed parts of several seasons, which hurts him, but for eight or nine years, he was clearly one of the best pitchers in baseball, without question.

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.

He would have been a free agent after 2012 at which point he was one of the best pitchers in baseball.

Shields has been one of the 10 best pitchers in baseball by ERA + since 2011.

The Cubs» Jake Arrieta may be one of the best pitchers in baseball, but the White Sox» Chris Sale isn't far behind.

Before being slowed by injuries in recent seasons, Sabathia has been one of the top starting pitchers in baseball since going 17 - 5 in 2001 for the Cleveland Indians.

The team was managed by Davey Johnson, and their ace was Mike Cuellar, one of the greatest Cuban pitchers in baseball history.

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.

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.

«That said, he's one of the best pitchers in baseball.

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.

One scout who watched Hamels» no - hitter Saturday told ESPN.com: «After watching that, there's no doubt in my mind he's still one of the best pitchers in baseball.

The same is true of most left - handed relief pitchers in baseball, whose job descriptions are typically limited to disposing of left - handed hitters in the middle and late innings of games.