starting pitcher

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Ron Guidry, the former Yankee pitching, thinks Joba Chamberlain has the ability to be an outstanding starting pitcher. However, he wonders if the bullpen can survive without him.
前洋基投手教练古伯伯认为张伯伦具有杰出的才能来担任先发投手；不过，他对于少了小张的洋基牛棚是否可以正常运作则不是很确定。
A day after winning the rights to negotiate with Japanese left-hander Kei Igawa with a $26,000,194 bid, the Yankees remained focused on acquiring another starting pitcher to go with him.
在以26，000，194美元取得日本左投井川庆的交涉权次日，洋基仍然把焦点放在取得另一位先发投手。
Starting pitcher Andy Pettitte watched Hughes work from the dugout in the seventh inning and said the way Hughes' fastball was rising, it looked a little bit like Mariano Rivera's devastating cutter.
先发投手派提特当天晚上坐在板凳休息区看休斯在第7局上场，他说休斯的快速球有进步，看起来很像李维拉的致命武器卡特球。

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Paul Splittorff, a crafty starting pitcher for the Kansas City Royals and later a broadcaster, also died on May 25.
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