Due to financial reasons, a highly-paid pitcher moves from a solid team and comes to the Bronx with high expectations.
People spoke on how he comes from a weaker division, and wonder how this right hander, who is a control specialist but strikes out his share of batters, will fare in the mighty American League East, a division which had four of the top five hitting teams in the AL.
This starter is a workhorse, rarely missing a start and throwing 200-plus innings with relative ease.
But this right-handed stud pitcher was bombed in his first two starts against two of the top hitting teams in the majors.
Javier Vazquez?
Nope. Jim "Catfish" Hunter of the 1975 New York Yankees.
Catfish became a free agent after the 1974 season and became the first big-money free agent, sign ...
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A New Big Money Pitcher Has Early Struggles for the New York Yankees
Posted: 16th April 2010 by Joseph DelGrippo in MLBComments Off on A New Big Money Pitcher Has Early Struggles for the New York Yankees