Any doubts that the third-year righthander is a major league force were dispelled with...
Now you see it, now you don't. With a fastball averaging a mere 93.4 mph, Cristian Javier amassed nine strikeouts over his six no-hit innings in Wednesday's Game 4 of the World Series.PHILADELPHIA — Sometime at the start of history, when hope still hovered over Citizens Bank Park and one hit felt fait accompli, Will Smith sought some background.
Murphy followed Javier to his first minor league affiliate in Greeneville, Tenn. Javier struck out 29 across 25⅔ innings in his first rookie ball season with Murphy as his pitching coach.Thoughts of that time in Tennessee flooded back Wednesday while Javier starred on a World Series stage. Smith wondered where — and how — the Astros turned this reserved righthander into baseball’s biggest hidden gem.
“I just tried to do the best that I could every single year,” Javier said through an interpreter. “And I knew every single year that I was in the minors that I didn't have anything promised, that I would just have to give my best every single year out. And thankfully, I'm here."
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