Tyler Anderson, who pitched at Spring Valley High School, was named the Texas League Pitcher of the Year in 2014, but he has been sidelined this season because of a stress fracture in his pitching elbow. Anderson, a first-round pick of the Colorado Rockies in 2011, hopes to start throwing soon.
Mike Bryant, father of Cubs slugger Kris, believes so. “There’s a preponderance of club ball teams, which has decimated the best developmental system there ever was, which was Little League,” he says.
You still can get an official Elston Howard On-Deck Bat Weight in the original packaging on eBay. I found two versions — the larger red doughnut for $27.50 and the smaller blue bat weights for $17.50. I’m told chicks dig the larger red doughnut.
Texas Rangers phenom Joey Gallo went 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs in his first game in the major leagues. That’s a better start than a host of other Las Vegas players, including Greg Maddux, Bryce Harper and Kris Bryant.
A desperate Cubs fan makes a call to the bullpen for Vegas performer Just!n Tranz and asks if he can cure pitcher Jon Lester of his fear of throwing to first base. “I would simply get him to believe he was throwing to home base,” Tranz says.
