Shane Baz Zoo siab coj lub Mound dua rau Tampa Bay Rays

Shane Baz muab credit ntau rau nws niam nws txiv rau kev txhawb nqa thiab kev txhawb nqa uas lawv tau muab thaum lub pitcher tau dhau los ntawm cov txheej txheem kho dua tshiab tom qab kev phais lub luj tshib arthroscopic thaum Lub Peb Hlis.

Raws li Baz tau los ze dua rau kev rov qab mus rau Rays, nws yog nws niam uas xa nws mus rau Spotify txuas rau Aerosmith's "Rov Qab Hauv Saddle Dua."

"Kuv nyiam Aerosmith thiab kuv tau twv yuav raug hu nkauj ntawd me ntsis kuv thawj ob peb (rehab) kev ua si," hais tias tus righthander, uas ua plaub pib ntawm Triple-A Durham ua ntej rov koom nrog Rays.

Baz, uas tau hais lus rau cov xov xwm ua ntej hnub Wednesday kev ua si tawm tsam mus xyuas St. Louis, yuav rov qab los rau lub mound dua rau Rays. Nws tau teem sijhawm pib hnub Saturday hauv Minnesota.

Baz, uas muaj hnub nyoog 23 xyoos thaum Lub Rau Hli 17, tau ua tiav nws txoj haujlwm Lub Peb Hlis 21 kom tshem tawm lub cev xoob hauv nws lub luj tshib. Yuav luag plaub lub hlis tom qab, nws zoo siab tau rov qab los hauv clubhouse nrog qee tus neeg paub lub ntsej muag.

"Kuv xav tias kev zoo siab yog ib lo lus zoo dua," nws hais, thaum nug seb nws puas xav tias nws zoo siab dua lossis ntxhov siab ntxiv mus rau nws thawj zaug nrog Rays txij li xyoo tas los ALDS. "Tsuas yog mus koom nrog pab pawg zoo thiab pab pawg zoo ntawm cov phooj ywg. Nyob ib ncig ntawm lawv ntau yuav luag ua rau koj ua tus neeg ua si zoo dua. Yog li ntawd, kuv zoo siab heev thiab txaus siab heev uas lawv xav kom kuv los pab lawv. "

Baz yeej tau pab pab pawg tom qab raug hu los ntawm Durham dhau lub Cuaj Hlis 20. Hmo ntawd ntawm Tropicana Field, nws tsuas yog ib khub ntawm solo homers hauv tsib innings los tos qhov yeej hauv nws qhov kev tawm tsam MLB. Hauv peb qhov pib, nws mus 2-0 nrog 2.03 ERA thiab ntaus tawm 18 batters hauv 13 innings.

6-foot-3 Houston haiv neeg, uas tau los ntawm Pittsburgh nrog rau Austin Meadows thiab Tyler Glasnow hauv 2018 kev lag luam hnub kawg uas xa Chris Archer mus rau Pirates, tsis tshwm sim thaum ncua sij hawm Grapefruit League lub caij ua ntej nws raug mob. Yog li, hnub Saturday yuav cim Baz thawj qhov tshwm sim hauv Rays khaub ncaws hauv 2022.

"Nws tau ntev me ntsis los," tus thawj coj ntawm Rays Kevin Cash hais. “Kev raug mob yog hmoov tsis zoo thaum lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav. Nws tau ua txhua yam hauv nws lub hwj chim kom rov qab tau raws sijhawm. Peb zoo siab nrog qhov nws nyob ntawm. "

Zoo li Baz. Nyob rau hauv nws qhov kawg rehab pib, hnub Sunday dhau los tiv thaiv mus xyuas Nashville, nws mus 4 1/3 innings thiab fanned 10. Nws pov 79 pitches, los yog peb tsawg tshaj li nws tau tawm tsam Marlins thaum lub caij dhau los lub cameo. Lub 82 pitches hauv qhov kev tawm mus yog qhov feem ntau nws pov rau hauv nws qhov kev pib.

Nws tau hais tias "Kuv xav tias zoo li kuv rov qab los rau hauv qhov zawj me ntsis, zoo li tau kuv ko taw hauv qab kuv," nws hais. "Tsuas muaj qhov nrawm ntawm qhov kev ua si rov qab, zoo li kuv tau rov qab tag nrho thiab zoo li qhov pib zoo li qub."

Lub saj ntawm cov majors Baz tau ntsib thaum kawg ntawm lub caij dhau los, uas suav nrog kev pib hauv Game 2 ntawm ALDS tawm tsam Boston, yog ib yam uas yuav tsum ua pov thawj pab tau thaum nws siv lub mound hauv kev sib tw loj thawj zaug hauv yim. hli.

Nws tau hais tias "Qhov ntawd zoo li ua rau kuv txhais taw ntub, tau muab pov rau hauv qhov hluav taws kub me ntsis thiab tau tawm tsam qee pab pawg zoo tshaj hauv pab koomtes," nws hais. "Qhov ntawd ua rau kuv muaj kev ntseeg siab thiab kev ntseeg zoo rau txhua yam peb ua ntawm no."

Baz, uas yog Tampa Bay's No. 1 prospect thiab No. 12 tag nrho raws li MLB Pipeline, tau hais tias tsis muaj peev xwm nqa lub mound thiab nrog nws cov phooj ywg ua rau nws muaj kev txaus siab rau nws thaum nws noj qab haus huv thiab txhua yam mus zoo.

"Koj yuav luag tau txais qhov kev xav tshiab ntawm qhov peb muaj hmoo tiag tiag nyob ntawm no," nws hais. "Tsuas yog ua tsaug thiab sim ua kom zoo dua ntawm txhua lub sijhawm kuv tau txais."

Lwm lub sijhawm los nws txoj kev hnub Saturday.