Low-Key, High-Velocity Pitcher Spencer Strider Marches To The Beat Of Drummer sib txawv

Spencer Strider yeej yog ib qho zoo.

Lub hnub qub sab xis ntawm Atlanta Braves muaj lub pob nrawm uas tsis tuaj yeem, lub ntsej muag tsis zoo, thiab cov zaub mov vegan uas cais nws los ntawm feem coob ntawm cov koom haum loj.

Nws yog thawj tus neeg ncaws pob Atlanta hnav No. 99, ib qho hnav ris tsho uas nws tau xaiv los ua khoom plig rau "Wild Thing" reliever portrayed los ntawm Charlie Sheen hauv zaj duab xis Pab Koomtes Loj, Strider nyiam.

Lub pitcher lub neej tiag tiag kuj muaj $ 75 lab daim ntawv cog lus uas coj nws mus txog 2028 lub caij. Nws yuav khwv tau $ 1 lab rau ob lub caij tom ntej thiab $ 4 lab hauv 2025 ua ntej nws cov nyiaj hli dhia mus rau $ 20 lab hauv 2026 thiab tom qab ntawd $ 22 lab hauv txhua ob lub caij tom ntej. Yog tias nws txoj kev xaiv tau siv, qhov kev pom zoo yuav muaj nqis txog $ 92 lab nyob rau xya xyoo.

Qhov ntawd yog qhov nyuaj rau ib tug txiv neej uas ib zaug hais rau tus neeg sau xov xwm nws tsis xav ua kom nto moo.

Thaum muaj hnub nyoog 24 xyoos, lub pitcher nyuaj tau kov yeej Tommy John lub luj tshib kev phais, kev kuaj ntshav siab, thiab ib qho kev mob hnyav uas tau xa nws mus rau sab nraud lub Cuaj Hli Ntuj tas los thiab cuam tshuam nws nyob rau hauv nws tsuas pom txij li thaum - tawm tsam Philadelphia Phillies nyob rau hauv National League Division Series.

"Kuv ua lub luag haujlwm rau tag nrho peb lub caij poob sib nrug," nws hais rau FOX Sports tom qab Braves tau muaj txoj hauv kev los tuav lawv lub ntiaj teb kev sib tw xyoo 2021 los ntawm kev poob rau Phils hauv plaub qhov kev ua si NLDS. Philadelphia, tus yeej-daim npav qus uas tau kub thaum nws suav feem ntau, tau mus txog rau Ntiaj Teb Series.

Strider tau kub los ntawm feem ntau ntawm lub caij. Thrust rau hauv kev sib hloov ua ntej Memorial Day, nws tau dhau los ua tus pitcher ceev tshaj plaws kom ncav cuag 200 tawm tsam, nqaim nqaim rau hauv phau ntawv sau ua ntej Hall of Famer Randy Johnson.

"Nws tau ua qee yam xyoo tas los uas tsis muaj leej twg tau ua," Braves pitching tus kws qhia Rick Kranitz ntawm Strider. "Nws yuav tau txais nws innings, qhov tseeb."

Ib qho khoom lag luam Clemson uas tau hloov siab rau thaum Braves ua rau nws xaiv thib plaub nyob rau hauv 2020 amateur cua ntsawj ntshab, Strider rocketed los ntawm cov menyuam yaus, thaum kawg ua tiav thib ob rau teammate Michael Harris II hauv kev pov npav rau 2022 National League Rookie ntawm Lub Xyoo.

Columbus, Ohio haiv neeg, uas tam sim no nyob hauv Nashville, mus 11-5 nrog 2.67 khwv tau los nruab nrab, kiv cua 202 hitters hauv 131.2 innings, thiab muaj WHIP (taug kev ntxiv rau hits ib innings pitched) ntawm 0.99. Nws kuj tau coj tag nrho cov pab pawg loj pib nrog 13.8 tawm tsam rau cuaj innings.

Yog hais tias tsis muaj khawv koob nyob rau hauv nws lub cim lag luam mustache, muaj tiag tiag khawv koob nyob rau hauv nws lub hwj chim sab caj npab. Thiab tsis txhob txhawj txog Strider tweaking nws lub ntsej muag plaub hau kom ua raws li Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers. Nws tsis xav muab lub sijhawm rau umpires los liam nws rau kev kho lub pob nrog mustache wax.

Kranitz ntawm Strider hais tias "Kuv tsis paub tias nws tsuas yog vegan hauv baseball tab sis kuv paub tias nws saib xyuas nws tus kheej," "Nws noj zoo thiab paub nws lub cev."

Strider tau txais kev noj zaub mov raws li cov nroj tsuag vegan tom qab nws tau kuaj pom tias muaj ntshav siab thaum muaj hnub nyoog 19 xyoos thiab txiav txim siab nws tsis xav cia siab rau cov tshuaj rau nws lub neej. Nws nyiam cov yeeb yaj kiab, suab paj nruag, thiab cov kev sib tw - los ntawm kev ua pab pawg lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav dhau los mus rau kev hloov pauv ntawm lub bullpen mus rau qhov pib tig.

Xyoo no, nws lub hom phiaj yog kom tau zoo dua, uas txhais tau hais tias ntxiv kev hloov pauv mus rau nws qhov kev sib tw nrawm / swb repertoire, raws li nws tus kws qhia pitching.

Nws kuj tseem yuav muab lus qhia los ntawm tus phooj ywg koom nrog Charlie Morton, ntawm 40 tus thawj coj ntawm Atlanta pitching cov neeg ua haujlwm.

"Nws muaj ntau yam kev paub los qhia," Kranitz hais txog Morton. "Nws yog ib tug txiv neej zoo thiab muaj peev xwm zoo rau tus tub hluas zoo li Strider."

Atlanta qhov tau los ntawm Gold Gloves catcher Sean Murphy los ntawm Oakland thaum lub caij ntuj no kuj tseem yuav pab tau, txawm tias Strider nws tus kheej tseem tsis tau paub meej txog lub moos uas nyuam qhuav qhia.

"Nws yog qhov nthuav," said Strider, uas nws lub tshoob tsis ntev los no rau tus hluas nkauj ntev ntev Maggie poob siab legions ntawm poj niam kiv cua, "tab sis peb txhua tus yuav tau hloov kho rau nws. Nws yog ib feem ntawm qhov kev ua si tam sim no. "

Ib yam uas nws yuav tsis ua yog pov ob zaug ntawm qhov pib - ib qho tseem ceeb rau Braves pib thaum Leo Mazzone tau ua tus kws qhia ntaus pob hauv 90s.

Lub 6-taw, 195-phaus pitcher tsis nthuav tawm qhov zoo nkauj ntawm lub mound, raws li Hall of Fame nplaim-throwers Don Drysdale thiab Bob Gibson tau ua. Tab sis raws li tus neeg ntawm lub hwj chim, Strider tau ua nws tus kheej lub npe tsev neeg.

Qhov tseeb, nws yog tib lub pitcher uas tau muab daim ntawv cog lus mus sij hawm ntev los ntawm Atlanta tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm kev ua si ntaus pob Alex Anthopoulos yog nws qhov kev thov kom nws lub cev tsis muaj zog.

Ua tsaug rau qhov loj rau Strider, Braves yeej lawv qhov thib tsib lub rooj sib tw ncaj nraim - ntev tshaj plaws los ntawm ib pab pawg - thiab yeej 101 kev ua si, feem ntau yog los ntawm ib pab pawg Atlanta txij li xyoo 2003.

Txij li thaum nws muaj tseeb tiag kom tau txais ntau tshaj 20 qhov pib nws tau ua hauv nws lub xyoo tshiab, Strider tuaj yeem pom nws tus kheej hauv kev khiav rau Cy Young Award, kawg yeej los ntawm Brave hauv 1998 (Tom Glavine).

Qhov tsawg kawg nkaus, Spencer Robert Strider tau ua rau muaj kev xav loj hauv lub sijhawm luv luv.