The fifth -
youngest pitcher ever to start a World Series game describing the experience as old hat?
Not exact matches
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.
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.
Many anticipated they would be sellers, and figured free - agent to be Cole Hamels would be their best trading chip, however the team instead signed their
young left - hander to the second largest contract a
pitcher has
ever received (six - years, $ 144 million).
In addition, many baseball people will argue persuasively that three
young pitchers named Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder and Barry Zito — drafted according to traditional assessment principles — had much more to do with the A's success than Scott Hatteberg
ever did.