Sentences with phrase «young pitchers as»

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.

Grauer's former high school coach (who happened to be a former All - American and national champion at UCLA) unabashedly referred to the young pitcher as «the next Jenny Finch.»

Not exact matches

As for the Minnesota Twins, a horrendous June (7 - 21), coming after a terrific May (21 - 7), is a warning to Twins fans to be patient with the team's young pitchers.

How much better would this team look (and the organization as a whole) if they still had a young, up - and - coming pitcher with team options through 2021?

The changeup, however, can be fickle, especially for young pitchers, because it requires «feel» that can be elusive — like putting as opposed to whaling away with the driver in golf.

«You don't see young pitchers come in as starters anymore and surprise you with how good they are,» Cards closer Dennis Eckersley says.

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.

It's not Martinez switching leagues that's an issue, even if history is against him in this regard: no player has ever won an MVP award after changing leagues, and Rick Sutcliffe stands as the lone pitcher to win a Cy Young in that situation.

As boys Pedro, Ramon and Jesus, the youngest brother, who is a pitcher in the Red Sox organization, would throw rocks across the ravine toward an abandoned house tucked behind trees and bushes.

Francisco Rodriguez became the youngest pitcher to win a World Series game and joined Randy Johnson as the only pitchers ever to win five games in one postseason.

The fifth - youngest pitcher ever to start a World Series game describing the experience as old hat?

GAYLORD PERRY: By beating Detroit 6 - 3, he joined Cy Young and Jim Bunning as the only pitchers to win at least 100 games in each league.

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.

Though his 2017 season wasn't as good as his Cy Young Award - winning year in 2015 — 22 - 6, 1.77 ERA, 236 strikeouts in 33 starts — Arrieta's numbers over the last three years compare favorably to the last three pitchers to sign $ 200 million contracts as free agents — Scherzer, David Price and Zack Greinke.

The 2012 second - round pick was once the youngest pitcher in the New York - Penn League, and is now a 22 - year - old reliever in Triple - A after failing as a starter in the lower levels of Boston's system.

He is a young, talented starter — already perceived as one of the best pitchers in the world — with the fringe benefit that he actually might be a superb hitter, as well.

A year - over-year increase of 30 innings pitched is often used as the limit for the number of innings a young starting pitcher is allowed to pitch in any given season.

But more than anything else it's a story of one young man's maturation and transformation, as 20 - year - old pitcher Miguel «Sugar» Santos (Algenis Pérez Soto) moves from the Dominican Republic to spring training in Arizona, minor - league stardom in Iowa and onward toward an ambiguous destiny.

As a baseball catcher and pitcher, I have experienced a common problem: Younger players have difficulty finding the strike zone.

His father was a sports instructor and former baseball player whom Twombly admiringly described as still doing back flips at the age of 40: he was known as «Cy» after the legendary pitcher «Cyclone» Young.

Felix Hernandez Wins AL Cy Young David Lee's recovery isn't the only exciting sports news as of late - Starting pitcher Felix Hernandez, called «King Felix» and «Felix the read more...

In addition, girls seek out and engage in child - care, play parenting and other domestic activities (e.g., playing house)-- with younger children or child substitutes, such as dolls — much more frequently than do same - age boys (Pitcher & Schultz, 1983), as is the case with many other species of primate (Nicolson, 1987).»