Tool Time: Best ground ball pitchers Premium Story

Mike Ekstrom
Mike Ekstrom
By Denis Savage
MadFriars.com
Date: Mar 27, 2007

Pitching to contact is one of the favorite sayings around the water cooler at San Diego Padres Spring Training. They promote three pitches or less to a hitter and believe defense can win games, especially if there is a ground ball hurler toeing the rubber. These prospects have hitters spitting dirt.

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