Wilhelm was the first player to pitch 1,000 games, and the first to reach 200 career saves. He was the all-time leader in both categories when he retired, and he's still the all-time leader in wins by a reliever, with 124. Wilhelm was an eight-time All-Star, won two ERA titles...
Arley Wilbur Cooper (February 24, 1892 – August 7, 1973) was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Pittsburgh Pirates. A four-time winner of 20 games in the early 1920s, he was the first National League left-hander to win ...
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of all time, a right-hander who is likely to be inducted into the Hall of Fame and another left-hander who recently won a Cy Young Award. But despite those résumés and the past successes of others, the starting pitchers accounted for just 65⅔ innings pitched over the seven games. ...
He has a hard time pushing over 160 innings due to some previous injury concerns and the Braves cautious approach to pushing him too deep into games. However, Fried has a career 3.03 ERA and a collection of five pitches, each of which he has elite command of. I’ve read enough that ...
has allegedly been experimenting with new pitches this offseason, which is great because he needs something besides the slider. I’m not really buying into it until I see it, but he starts the year against the Nationals and Mets so maybe he’s on my bench while I see if th...
Depending on how you look at it, Tuesday was either a bad day to be a hitter or a great day to be a pitcher. Of the four teams that won their opening games of the wild-card round, only one (the New York Mets) had their starting pitcher allow a run. Tarik Skubal of the Detroit...
those campaigns, but still had a lot in the tank with another 1400 IP of mostly effective (107 ERA+) pitching still to come. In contrast, German was a spot starter who finished most of his games (80% of his career starts were CGs) but failed to top 200 IP in any of his six ...
That means there probably won't be quite as many innings available in games. Cardinals manager Mike Shildt and Diamondbacks GM Mike Hazen were among those who said playing some intrasquad games on the back fields during spring will be important for deciding roles for the bullpen and ...
Pitchers, once trained to approach their craft as a slow, steady build, are encouraged to redline on nearly every pitch, even during (and often before) the meaningless games of spring training. The willingness to experiment and reshape pitches in a “lab” setting can reveal paths to remarkabl...