Henderson Alvarez has been called up by the Blue Jays to make Carlos Villanueva's start tomorrow and the 21-year-old Alvarez has been pitching for the New Hampshire Fisher cats as is 8 and 4 in 15 gams (14 starts) and has a ERA of 2.86 with a complete game and has given up 81 hits and 17 walks along with 66Ks and has given up 7 homers in 88 innings pitched. In his 10 games (9 starts) he is 5-3 with a 2.75 ERA in 59 innings pitched given up 56 hits and 11 walks while fanning 44 batters and given up 18 earned runs and given up 5 homers.
The selling point on Alvarez is that his fastballs maxed out at 100 MPH and the Blue Jays are throwing him against the A's instead of the Angels on the weekend is that the Angels have a tougher batting line-up than the A's do. The Jays will be very careful to not put Alvarez into the right situation because two years ago the Washington Nationals drafted a pitcher out of San Diego State and his name is Stephen Strasburg and they rushed him to the majors because of the hype and now he has not picked up a ball until just recently since a September 3rd arm injury which caused him to have Tommy John surgery. Stephen Strasburg has not thrown a ball in over 11 month and even though Tommy John surgery is not the death sentence it once was and most pitchers are stronger than before the surgery it is still scary and the Jays will not want Alvarez to be worked that hard.
Lets hope Henderson Alvarez pitches well against the A's
Tom Mehegan
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