Sentences with phrase «youngest pitcher»

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.

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

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 Rangers arereally set up to make their move in 2010, when those gifted young pitchers willbe ready and Andrus will be established at shortstop, but it has been 10 yearsor so since Texas has contended, and nobody wants to wait any longer.

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.

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.

Their young pitchers were almost uniformly disappointing.

Here's hoping for a successful second half for Gray because it's never fun to watch a young pitcher's talent evaporate.

Avery was an amazing young pitcher.

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

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

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

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

But the Rockies» young pitchers got hosed.

G.M. Andy MacPhail is rumored to be stepping down after the season, and his successor will have to figure out why the organization's young pitchers have stalled upon reaching the majors.

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.

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 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.

Los Angeles catcher Mike Piazza says, «I notice that you don't see young pitchers being aggressive.

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

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

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

The losses are a bummer, but if there's a brilliant start from a young pitcher once a week, it nourishes you.

In recent years no team has produced more good young pitchers than Los Angeles.

Young pitchers in particular tend to stray from the fastball, a habit formed in high school and college where hitters whip 28 - ounce aluminum bats.

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.

The 2009 Tigers finished in second place, and they were hoping to contend the following season, but they traded a 28 - year - old, homegrown All - Star and an established, 25 - year - old All - Star starting pitcher for a center field prospect and an enigmatic young pitcher.

The young pitchers acquired for David Price and Yoenis Cespedes have an excellent shot to extend that tradition.

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

Jon Gray should be the ace, and there are younger pitchers like Jeff Hoffman and Kyle Freeland who could develop quicker than expected, but Tylers Anderson and Chatwood have the potential to turn the Rockies into immediate contenders.

They finally developed a Cy Young pitcher, and then they had to trade him.

The Mets drafted young pitchers, and they acquired young pitchers, and they developed young pitchers, and at no point did they screw it up.

Lawrie comes up, cheesed off about his night and thinking about a young pitcher having problems throwing fastballs for a strike.

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

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.

With teams being increasingly cautious with their young pitchers, we would lean towards the under on this bet.

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.

Perhaps a position in the farm system overseeing development, or being sent to some outpost to scout a young pitcher with promise, or simply be invited down to spring training to help out.

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

both flowers and suzuki fit that bill currently and having history and leadership bring our young pitchers along should be the focus.

with young pitchers the onus has to be with a good receiver first.