Have you noticed that Luke Weaver is kind of on a Mariano Rivera run?
Because it feels like baseball sacrilege to even think it, much less express it. So careful in the wording. The last thing you want to do is compare someone to Beethoven or Michael Jordan based on a small sample size.
You know the 6-foot-2 lean hyper-athletic righty failed former starter finding the role of a lifetime. The Mo-wing down of lineups with economy and lack of drama. The uber-strike throwing. The re-Mo-val of walks and homers and good luck to the opponent getting three singles before three outs to score a run. The Mo-vement on the pitches to avoid the barrel of the bat. The dominance against lefties. The endurance to hold up well over Mo-re than one inning.
“There’s always some of that confidence and Mo-mentum that is felt and passed along,” Holmes said of the group.
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