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Saturday, August 23, 2008
In the eyes of Padres general manager Kevin Towers, pitcher Dirk Hayhurst, who will make his Major League debut Saturday, has gone from non-prospect to, at the very least, a suspect.
The 27-year-old Hayhurst will officially be added to the Padres’ roster before Saturday’s game against the Giants at AT&T Park. He was 2-3 with a 2.75 ERA in 46 games for the Triple-A Portland Beavers, with all but two outings coming in relief.
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“We’re trying to reward a guy who came through our system and has turned himself into a suspect at least,” Towers said Friday. “For a while, Dirk was a guy who we thought only had organizational value. But he’s continued to impress. He has three Major League pitches, throws strikes.”
Hayhurst, who was selected in the eighth round of the 2003 Draft and had authored a “non-prospect diary” for Baseball America, was a combined 4-2 with a 3.51 ERA in 2007 between three different stops.
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Posted: August 23, 2008 at 03:40 AM | 17 comment(s)
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1. Dan Posted: August 23, 2008 at 04:28 AM (#2913686)Of people using their real names, Dick Mills and Mike Colbern have posted here.
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Obviously Hayhurst and DePodesta will be liveblogging it, Hayhurst when the Padres are batting and DePodesta when Hayhurst is pitching.
Go get 'em, Dirk. Canton will be rooting for you.
Can't see this game anywhere, but from reading the PBP one can get the sense that Dirk may have been jittery to start things out. He walked Roberts to lead off, then Roberts stole second and went to third on an Ochoa bunt single fielded by Hayhurst. The inning would result in two runs against.
The Giants got their third run in the fourth inning when Barry F. Zito hit a two out single to drive in Pablo Sandoval.
Good Luck Dirk!
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