Seattle Mariners pitcher Randy Johnson in action on the mound in 1997. / Tony Tomsic-USA TODAY Sports In this story: Seattle Mariners When Hall of Famer Randy Johnson was on the mound, his fastball brought the sizzle. Now that he's in retirement, the "Big Unit...
Mark Mudler has a plus fastball and splitter and a Johnson-type slider. C.C. Sabathia is heaviest pitcher, his conditioning will remain in question if his weight stays near 300. Richie Sexson's built is suitable for basketball rather than baseball, but he is strong enough to hit homers ...
Johnson, a junior left-hander whose fastball was timed at 90 m.p.h. Sunday, is regarded as one of the top amateur pitchers in the country. He was rated the 12th-best college prospect--the No. 4 pitcher--in a poll of scouting directors and scouts conducted by Baseball America. “It ...
•Finally,we're not going to worry too much about the dollars, because that has obviously changed massively over the years;the highest-paid pitcher in 1989, for example, was Orel Hershiser ... who made all of $2.8 million that season. When the Yankeessigned Reggie Jackson in 1976, it...
1. Randy Johnson, D-backs 4-year, $52 million contract before 1999 season The Big Unit was already 35 years old when the D-backs signed him. What Johnson did for Arizona was pitch like Sandy Koufax across his first four years with the team. He won four straight Cy Young Awards over ...
1993Randy Johnson becomes the 12th pitcher this century to strike out 300 batters in a season, whiffing 13 in 10 innings in the Mariners' 3-2 loss to Oakland at the Kingdome. The Seattle southpaw, en route to 4,875 career strikeouts, the most all-time for a lefthanded pitcher, second...
Some of the most notable pitchers to throw the slider consist of Zack Greinke, Randy Johnson, and C.C. Sabathia. How do you hit a slider? The slider is one of the most difficult pitches to hit due to its late break. Try to keep your weight back and anticipate the break. Be careful...
Season prediction: There wasn't really anything from 2022 that would indicate Verlander is anything but a top-shelf starting pitcher again in 2023. But this is still his reality: He's 40 years old, coming off a season in which he pitched into November and accumulated nearly 200 innings when...
teams were allowed to name 10 pitchers to a Designated Pitcher Pool, and pitchers on this list may be called up to each team's 30-man active Final Roster to replace a fellow Designated Pitcher Pool pitcher at any point between rounds during the tournament. As such, some team rosters listed...
Randy Jones | Chapman | '76 Cy Young Award winner Randy Jones' No. 10 was retired by Chapman in 1985 after an impressive college career that included being a four-year letter winner (1969-72). In 1970 and '72 he was the Panthers' most valuable pitcher, earning All-American honors as ...