Position Players Pitching

he's pitching in the fourth inning ffs

he was signed for that reason, so no

whoa this guy's story is cool

has that happened in the modern game? guy pitching and playing the field on a regular basis?

@AJCassavell
No player in MLB history has caught more than 5 games and pitched in more than 5 games in the same season. Christian Bethancourt might.

poor guy was immediately spiked by andrew toles on a play at the plate after his first pitch (a wild one)

michael martinez of the indians last night: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/michael-martinez-pitcher/

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Reason: Position player pitching (Christian Bethancourt)
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what's a higher priority than a position player pitching? no-hitter?

(ian kennedy has a 1-hitter going in the 8th btw)

yeah i have no-hitters in the 7th inning or later higher

3rd string catcher Kevin Plawecki pitching for the Mets today

this is the reverse but the Yankees put pitcher Brian Mitchell at 1b late in today's game...

Miguel Montero on the mound right now for the Cubs vs Yankees

Miguel Montero head hunting with a 80 mph heater 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/r68FZlNIA5

— MLB Memes (@MLBMeme) May 7, 2017

Position-player pitching alert: catcher Chris Gimenez making his third relief appearance this season. Twins down 15-6 in the ninth.

— Rhett Bollinger (@RhettBollinger) May 31, 2017

http://deadspin.com/let-us-all-marvel-at-andres-blanco-s-70-mph-fastballs-1795923120

chuey

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-era-of-position-players-pitching

a scoreless ninth (one hit) for jon jay

http://www.cubshq.com/update/WATCH-Jon-Jay-pitches-a-scoreless-9th-inning-23057

He retired three of the four batters that he faced in the scoreless inning and he was clocked at 46-65 mph on his pitches.

It's that easy huh @jonjayU

— Brett Anderson (@BAnderson3737) July 6, 2017

hernan perez is on for the eighth with nats looking at history

he knew to point to the sky on a fly ball, nice

Welcome back. We are monitoring events in the Detroit/Pittsburgh game this afternoon.

— Pos Players Pitching (@70MPHFastball) March 30, 2018

is tyler glasnow the last pirates bullpen member who hasn't pitched, after brault?

Sandoval with the 1-2-3 inning.

Pablo Sandoval with the 69mph Curveball.

What. pic.twitter.com/I7hr5y8ktG

— Pitcher List (@PitcherList) April 28, 2018

greg garcia (cardinals utility guy) threw a scoreless 8th inning last night - 1 hit and a double play

chris gimenez for the cubs ... they're only 6 runs behind in the eighth, feels a little premature

Matt Davidson, Filthy 79mph Slider....and then reminding himself to slow strut off the field... 😂 pic.twitter.com/ZKg7XrNQgB

— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) June 30, 2018

The Diamondbacks used two position players in relief in their 19-2 loss to the Rockies ... in fact they pitched more total innings than the actual pitchers did (3.1 IP for the real pitchers, 4.2 IP in relief for the position players).

http://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=380711127

they also . . . used a pitcher as a pinch hitter in the second inning, when they were only down 5-1

Alex Blandino, Filthy 67 mph Knuckle Ball. 🦋 pic.twitter.com/ivFAvcv7YQ

— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) July 12, 2018

icymi

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/descalso-and-avila-hurl-their-way-into-weird-history/

Our Willians: not so good on the mound

tommy la stella comes on in the sixth

and gets the out with one pitch

backup catcher caratini is pitching now. first time the cubs have used two position players in the same game since 1907

the crowd is going wild

#Cubs (La Stella, Caratini & Happ): first team to use 3 position player pitchers in a game since the Brewers 8/29/1979 (Sal Bando, Jim Gantner & Buck Martinez)

— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) July 20, 2018

i think ive read more about that Sal Bando game this month than i did in '79

if my calculations are correct, you'd have been pretty busy when that game happened

lol

https://deadspin.com/hernan-perez-plunked-a-batter-with-the-softest-pitch-yo-1827798463

if you can't dodge a 48 mph pitch you shouldn't get the base

Kristopher Negron can do it all.

(Yes, this was an out)
(No, he did not allow any runs)
(No, he did not break 55 MPH) pic.twitter.com/IrIevQupmx

— Reno Aces (@Aces) July 22, 2018

Anthony Rizzo pitched and recorded an out in a 7-1 game last night.

I know that position players pitching is kind of a trend now, but do you really want your superstar hitters doing it?

Maybe everyone wants to channel their inner Ohtani these days?

First-time pitcher Kike Hernandez yielded a game-winning HR to the Phils' Trevor Plouffe in the 16th last night.

Yeah, it's getting out of hand now. The Jays punted a game in similar fashion last year too.

I'm assuming that Roberts merely pulled the strings that the Dodgers analytics department told him to pull. So their data shows that it's better to blow a game now than pitch the next day's starter in the 16th and risk an injury (and future wins)?

probably depends on schedule/geography/roster composition as well -- dodgers have a day game today and couldn't get anyone up from the minors (in oklahoma) in time to help. and they may or may not have the ability to option players *to* the minors in exchange without further repercussions.

but yeah

https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/texas-rangers/rangers/2018/07/23/carlos-tocci-ryan-rua-become-first-pair-rangers-position-players-ever-pitch-game

Rizzo struck out Freeman 😭

(via @Cubs)pic.twitter.com/fTVyUPKb4o

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 29, 2021

Marwin Gonzalez coming into a 16-4 affair against the jays.

(16 for the jays obviously)

Just had a 1-2-3 inning!

Arroyo in for the 9th now.

Had the game on the radio driving into Woodstock; heard Teoscar's second HR. Did that ever get out of hand...They really let Ryan Weber take a beating out there (11 runs in 5.2 innings). Guess they had no one left.

I felt seriously bad for the guy. I’m assuming he went in knowing he’d have to go long... but if you’re down to just one RP, why take your SP so early - I don’t think he was injured.

even more brutal is when he's DFA'd tomorrow

Baseball’s Great Debate: Who’s Worse, Pitchers Who Hit, or Hitters Who Pitch?

https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2021/8/6/22612375/pitching-position-players-pitchers-hitting-universal-dh

Arauz in for the Red Sox, down 11-4 to the jays.
And a double header coming up tmrw, in kind of an important series!

Darin Ruf with two scoreless innings out of the bullpen tonight

Reese McGwire in for the BoSox

franmil reyes for the cubs (drilled pujols in the back, lol)

Brandon Crawford! 1 inning, 1 hit, 1 walk, no runs.

Brandon Crawford, 2023 pitching mechanics. 🤢 pic.twitter.com/hFcExcooWR

— kate ⚾️ (@sfgiantskate) June 11, 2023

Nicky Lopez had a great Braves debut. 4 for 6, 3 runs, 5 RBI, and pitched a scoreless 9th. Danny Mendick gave up 8 ER in 1.1 IP for the Mets. Final score 21-3.