Yesavage might be the first player in baseball history to play at five different levels including the Majors in his first professional season.
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Yesavage might be the first player in baseball history to play at five different levels including the Majors in his first professional season.
I'm assuming we can find a few others where it happened but it has to be extremely rare. In the past, I think most pitchers would pitch a little farm system ball in the season they were drafted in, which makes this task impossible. Not that we should diminish what he has done in his draft year +1 season which is remarkable.
I assume now its much more common for MLB teams to just sit pitchers after the NCAA season to manage their arms and workload.
9 strikeouts in five innings.. For context, the major league record I believe is shared by both JR Richard and Bob Feller who both share the record of 15 strikeouts in nine complete innings of their major league debut.
Although JR Richard is not a Hall of Famer he was well on that path until he had his health issues. Multiple people attest to the fact that JR Richard was clocked at 103 miles an hour in 1971. What's that, like 110 by today's standards? Joe Morgan called JR Richard the greatest pitcher he's ever seen. He had a difficult life with health and finances which forced him into early retirement. But JR Richard is easily forgotten as quite possibly the most talented pitcher to ever live. I would definitely put him in my five man rotation on my all-time fantasy team.
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Not quite.
J R Richard and Bob Feller each had 15 strikeouts in their first Major League start. For Richard, it was his first major League game. Feller had previously made six relief appearances for the 1936 Cleveland Indians:
Some interesting Bob Feller notes from wikipedia:
Feller's signing bonus was $1 and an autographed baseball. He was 17 when he made his Big League debut. After the 1936 season, Feller returned to Van Meter, Iowa to complete his senior year of high school.
At the beginning of the 1980 season the Astros starting rotation included Richard and Nolan Ryan. Yikes!!! Add to that a knuckleballer, Joe Niekro. The poor opposing batters.
Batting against this rotation would've been like drinking coffee with a fork.
One of my favorite quotes of all time regarding drinking coffee with a fork made by Willie Stargell referencing hitting against Sandy Koufax.
Philip
I'm out of touch no longer having cable. Jackie Redmond was the host of Misplays of the Week. I thought Emily Agard was Indian, close enough, she's Guyanese.
Super hot she iz.
Super hot she iz.
Yesavage makes playoff pitching interesting . Assuming jays bypass wild card they play 5 game then 7 game then 7 game series
Blue Jays should be set with co-aces Kevin Gausman and Shane Bieber in Games 1 and 2 of 5 game series but they’ll need two other starters between Max Scherzer, Chris Bassitt , Berríos and now Yesavage .
Assuming someone goes into bullpen and someone stays home for the first series. Scherzer should be another starter and Yesavage in the bullpen where he is most needed IMHO. That means Bassitt or Berrios stays home. Even though Berrios is our workhorse his recent outings means he stays home for first series.
Imagine how things have changed . At the start of season he was number one and now he may be a bystander fill in if case someone fails
Schnieder will face non ending criticism if he gets this wrong .
The criticism i give him is the way he allows injured players to remain in game, the latest being Bichette. Crazy to do that. Also, allowing players to make dangerous plays such as diving into stands. Think Santander. Is out out or one run worth risking
injury? If I am the player why would I risk millions of dollars and my career for an out? No way would i do something that foolish like that for the team. There is no I in t e a m but there is in independent
Blue Jays should be set with co-aces Kevin Gausman and Shane Bieber in Games 1 and 2 of 5 game series but they’ll need two other starters between Max Scherzer, Chris Bassitt , Berríos and now Yesavage .
Assuming someone goes into bullpen and someone stays home for the first series. Scherzer should be another starter and Yesavage in the bullpen where he is most needed IMHO. That means Bassitt or Berrios stays home. Even though Berrios is our workhorse his recent outings means he stays home for first series.
Imagine how things have changed . At the start of season he was number one and now he may be a bystander fill in if case someone fails
Schnieder will face non ending criticism if he gets this wrong .
The criticism i give him is the way he allows injured players to remain in game, the latest being Bichette. Crazy to do that. Also, allowing players to make dangerous plays such as diving into stands. Think Santander. Is out out or one run worth risking
injury? If I am the player why would I risk millions of dollars and my career for an out? No way would i do something that foolish like that for the team. There is no I in t e a m but there is in independent
Tomorrow's game vs Royals was originally to be on CRAppleTV only, but due to fan outrage, sportsnet wiil carry the game also , but with the shitty MLB network coverage.
Next Fridays game vs Rays will be on CRApple tv only
After this season CRApple tv will not be airing MLB games , they have ended the contract with MLB.
Next Fridays game vs Rays will be on CRApple tv only
After this season CRApple tv will not be airing MLB games , they have ended the contract with MLB.
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I checked Gameday after the 1st inning and saw that Scherzer had been yanked after 2 outs and 7 earnies. He hasn't been that great for several games now.
What was he doing wrong to bleed out so badly and quickly?
Anyway, Wankees and Stripey-cats lose. So it could be worse.
Mariners leading the Astros in the Battle of the West.
What was he doing wrong to bleed out so badly and quickly?
Anyway, Wankees and Stripey-cats lose. So it could be worse.
Mariners leading the Astros in the Battle of the West.
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Hope I'm wrong, but I fear the Blue Jays are going to break our hearts again, early in the playoffs.
Lack of depth in the relief pitching department, and despite pulling a lot of games out of the fire in the last innings a week or so ago, our batters seem to all slump at the same time...
Lack of depth in the relief pitching department, and despite pulling a lot of games out of the fire in the last innings a week or so ago, our batters seem to all slump at the same time...
Bats have been cold as of late, but never really like MS31 - can't be trusted, also is this the worst beating the franchise has taken? I can't ever remember a beat this bad.
Jays are only 5 games up on the last WC spot, the rate they are going, will not make playoffs. Max is getting worse with each start. With only 3 good established starters, Gaus, the Biebs and Bassit, (can't trust Berrios) they will not get far in post season, assuming they make it.
Its the 87 Collapse all over again!
Its the 87 Collapse all over again!
I think Scherzer is toast.
I wouldn't trust him starting in the playoffs
I wouldn't trust him starting in the playoffs
They're 6 games up on Cleveland, which is the team that is closest to the playoffs but not actually in. There are 8 games left to play. The Jays' magic # is 2 to clinch a playoff spot. The probability of them making the playoffs is 99%+.
The issues are whether they can hold off the Wankees and stay ahead of Seattle for 1st seed.
The Stripey-Cats are collapsing and have gone 2-8 in the last 10 and Cleveland has almost caught them. Detroit might actually collapse out of the playoffs, after having a huge lead only 1 week ago. (Undoubtedly divine retribution for that motherfucker Jack Morris blowing the Jays out of the playoffs in 87)!
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