a man. The 17-year-old southpaw was a girl from Memphis, taught to love baseball by her father and trained to pitch by future Hall of FamerDazzy Vance, who led the National League in strikeouts for seven consecutive seasons from 1922 to 1928. Jackie Mitchell was “just a ...
Gerrit Colewas MLB's most durable starting pitcher until he wasn't. Cole, who has reached 200 innings in five of the past six full seasons and whose lone trip to the injured list since 2017 was due to a COVID-19 diagnosis,is expected to be sidelined for a large chunk of this season...
not a lot of movement. Don’t expect a lot from the Guardians early on, but the the General General manager’s meetings are going on right now. So this is kind
Not only has the 30-year-old right-hander posted a 3.67 ERA in 162 relief appearances for Houston in the regular season, Maton has also allowed only one run in 18 postseason outings, all while averaging about 10 strikeouts per nine innings. He was particularly effective in 2023, combining ...
Houston's Jake Meyers fielded his way to a Gold Glove finalist spot in the American League this year, and Melton, who played 47 games this season with Triple-A Sugar Land, could be knocking on the door as a better offensive option in 2025. The 2022 second-rounder has the plus speed ne...
controlled the strike zone with 15 walks and 115 strikeouts. Opposing batters hit .240/.270/.392 (.662) against him in over 500 plate appearances. He likely starts the year at Double-A, where he finished last season, and should make appearances for St. Paul in the season’s second ...
That's a triple threat that should send shivers down the spine of most lineups. The trio has a combined 2.20 ERA with 259 strikeouts and 69 combined saves. For now, it's impossible to say which team is better, but the Astros' addition of Hader gives them a slight advantage as offseas...
—The Dodgers have two guys who definitely rise to the moment: Ohtani and Teoscar Hernández, who got the go-ahead single in the fourth inning. —How about the bullpen: Six innings, two hits, no runs, four walks, seven strikeouts. At this rate though, their arms will be dead by the...
“Dazzy” Vance, who would go on to lead the National League in strikeouts for seven straight seasons. Mitchell’s family moved to Chattanooga, where she became a multisport athlete and joined a baseball school affiliated with the city’s Class AA minor-league team, the Lookouts, and...
The title of "all-time strikeout king" for Old Dominion, Conference USA and the Commonwealth of Virginia belongs to Justin Verlander, the three-time Cy Young winner and former MVP. Over a three-year career (2002-04), he amassed 427 strikeouts over 335.2 innings. He fanned 17 batters a...