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Brian Van Belle
Brian Michael Van Belle (born September 3, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is currently a phantom ballplayer, having spent three days on the Boston Red Sox's active roster without appearing in a game. Amateur career Van Belle attended Archbishop McCarthy High School and played college baseball at Broward College and the University of Miami. As a senior with Miami, he posted a 2–0 win–loss record with a 0.68 earned run average (ERA) and 38 strikeouts in a shortened 2020 season. After going undrafted in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft, Van Belle signed with the Boston Red Sox as a free agent. Professional career Boston Red Sox Van Belle made his professional debut in 2021 with the High-A Greenville Drive, posting a 4.10 ERA with 82 strikeouts in 18 starts. He split the 2022 campaign between Greenville and the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs. In 28 games for the two affiliates, he compiled a 9â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a base on balls, walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1. The pitcher is often considered the most important player on the defensive side of the game, and as such is situated at the right end of the defensive spectrum. There are many different types of pitchers, such as the starting pitcher, relief pitcher, middle reliever, left-handed specialist, lefty specialist, setup man, and the closing pitcher, closer. Traditionally, the pitcher also bats. Starting in 1973 with the American League and spreading to further leagues throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the hitting duties of the pitcher have generally been given over t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenville Drive
The Greenville Drive are a Minor League Baseball team based in Greenville, South Carolina. They are the High-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox and are a member of the South Atlantic League. They play their home games at Fluor Field at the West End, and their mascot is a frog named Reedy Rip'it. An affiliate of the New York Mets from 1983 to 2004, the team played in Columbia, South Carolina as the Columbia Mets (1983–92) and then as the Capital City Bombers (1993-04). In the team's first season as a Red Sox affiliate, 2005, they were known as the Greenville Bombers. History The Drive began their history in 1977 as the Shelby (NC) Reds, an expansion franchise in the league then known as the Western Carolinas League. In 1980, the league changed its name to the South Atlantic League, reflecting its expansion beyond the Carolinas into Georgia. After two seasons as a Pirates affiliate, and then two with the Mets, the franchise relocated to Columbia, South Carolina in 1983. The t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami Hurricanes Baseball Players
Miami is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a population of 6.14 million, is the second-largest metropolitan area in the Southeast after Atlanta, and the ninth-largest in the United States. With a population of 442,241 as of the 2020 census, Miami is the second-most populous city in Florida, after Jacksonville. Miami has the third-largest skyline in the U.S. with over 300 high-rises, 70 of which exceed . Miami is a major center and leader in finance, commerce, culture, arts, and international trade. Miami's metropolitan area is by far the largest urban economy in Florida, with a 2017 gross domestic product of $344.9 billion. In a 2018 UBS study of 77 world cities, Miami was the third-richest city in the U.S. and the third-richest globally in purchasing power. Miami is a majority-minority city with a Hispanic and Latino population of 31 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisville Bats Players
Louisville is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the United States. By land area, it is the country's 24th-largest city; however, by population density, it is the 265th most dense city. Louisville is the historical county seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. Since 2003, Louisville and Jefferson County have shared the same borders following a city-county merger. The consolidated government is officially called the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, commonly known as Louisville Metro. The term "Jefferson County" is still used in some contexts, especially for incorporated cities outside the "balance" area that defines Louisville proper. The total population of the consolidated area was 782,969 at the 2020 census, while the balance area (excluding other incorporated cities) had a population of 633,045 and is often cited in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenville Drive Players
Greenville is the name of several places: Canada * Laxgalts'ap, British Columbia, formerly named Greenville * Greenville, Nova Scotia, in Yarmouth County * Greenville Station, Nova Scotia, in Cumberland County * Lower Greenville, Nova Scotia, in Cumberland County United States *Greenville, Alabama * Greenville, California, in Plumas County * Greenville, Yuba County, California *Greenville, Delaware *Greenville, Florida * Greenville, Georgia *Greenville, Illinois ** Greenville University ** Federal Correctional Institution, Greenville * Greenville, Indiana, in Floyd County * Greenville, Sullivan County, Indiana * Greenville, Wells County, Indiana * Greenville, Iowa *Greenville, Kentucky *Manchester, Kentucky, which was founded as Greenville *Greenville, Maine, a town ** Greenville (CDP), Maine, a census-designated place within the town *Greenville, Massachusetts *Greenville, Michigan *Greenville, Mississippi, ghost town known as "Old Greenville" in Jefferson County *Greenville, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criollos De Caguas Players
In Hispanic America, criollo () is a term used originally to describe people of full Spanish descent born in the viceroyalties. In different Latin American countries, the word has come to have different meanings, mostly referring to the local-born majority. Historically, they have been misportrayed as a social class in the hierarchy of the overseas colonies established by Spain beginning in the 16th century, especially in Hispanic America. They were locally born people — almost always of Spanish ancestry, but also sometimes of other European ethnic backgrounds. Their identity was strengthened as a result of the Bourbon reforms of 1700, which changed the Spanish Empire's policies toward its colonies and led to tensions between ''criollos'' and '' peninsulares''. The growth of local ''criollo'' political and economic strength in the separate colonies, coupled with their global geographic distribution, led them to each evolve separate (both from each other and Spain) org ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
