Baltimore's Rico Garcia, the pride of the Hawaii Pacific University Sharks, might be the best reliever you don't know about.
He has now faced 64 hitters this season. Dude has allowed just one hit. Some really wonky swings that inning from NYY hitters.
1, Arizona went 0-3 against WSU and OSU in 2023-24.
2. Washington State has made the NCAA Tournament more recently than USC, Utah, UW, Stanford, Cal and ASU.
3. All it took for Arizona to get back to the Final Four was to not choke for the first time in a decade.
Orioles opening day roster projection:
SP (5): Kyle Bradish, Trevor Rogers, Chris Bassitt, Shane Baz, Dean Kremer
RP (8): Ryan Helsley, Yennier Cano, Tyler Wells, Keegan Akin, Rico Garcia, Dietrich Enns, Grant Wolfram, Jackson Kowar
C (2): Adley Rutschman, Samuel Basallo
INF (6): Pete Alonso, Ryan Mountcastle, Gunnar Henderson, Blaze Alexander, Coby Mayo, Jeremiah Jackson
OF (5): Taylor Ward, Colton Cowser, Tyler O’Neill, Dylan Beavers, Leody Taveras
After his electric performance in the World Baseball Classic (see what I did there?), it’s an honor to officially induct Ondřej Satoria as our first honorary member in the WBC wing of the Hall of Pretty Good.
Satoria, an electrical engineer as well as a pretty good ballplayer, captured the hearts of baseball fans all over the world in 2023 after striking out Shohei Ohtani. He then returned to the World Baseball Classic this year and threw 4.2 shutout innings against Japan (Shohei was reportedly too scared to face him a second time).
While we are not doing our typical voting style for this special honor, the HoPG’s Instagram broadcast channel voted 928 to 10 in favor of bestowing Ondřej Satoria with this special induction.
Ondřej Satoria represents us all, a hardworking man who plays the beautiful game of baseball with passion and respect. It is truly an honor to induct him as our very first honorary member.
It doesn’t get any more pretty good than that. 🇨🇿
It doesn't matter right now really because Team USA couldn't touch Lorenzen...but where's Garret Crochett? Where's Max Fried? Who else are some of the big USA pitchers? Hunter Brown? Chris Sale? Why aren't those big guys pitching?