Josh Johnson

e not the starters, Ubaldo Jimenez and David Price.  The best of the best were Florida’s Josh Johnson, who looked strong in retiring all six hitters he faced – all of them starters for the American League – and Detroit closer Jose Valverde, who struck out the side in order in the top of the ninth to at least give the AL a chance to make a dramatic comeback.  Roy Halladay, Justin Verlander, and Phil Hughes, like Jimenez, each gave up a couple of hits and Jonathan Broxton, who earned the save all showed they are not untouchable. 

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that I will visit a stadium I had never been to before.  As a bonus, the scheduled matchup is Josh Johnson for the Marlins and Freddy Garcia for the White Sox as interleague play gets und

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itters are Joe Mauer, Derrek Lee, Chipper Jones, and Ichiro Suzuki, and the pitching staff includes Josh Johnson, Chad Billingsley, Matt Cain, J.A. Happ, and Trevor Hoffman.  I have no pla

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As a result we have seen such promising pitchers as Josh Johnson, Anibal Sanchez and Sergio Mitre have their careers derailed because of over use.

I would expect to see more of the same this year with Scott Olsen and Andrew Miller. Miller would be in the minors this season with his innings closely monitored if he were still with the Tigers, but Florida will rush him to the Big Leagues and probably pitch his arm into the ground. Florida’s lack of pitching is especially disappointing as they may be one of the more intriguing teams offensively with five players in Hanley Ramirez, Dan Uggla, Josh Willingham, Jeremy Hermida and Mike Jacobs who are capable of potentially hitting 25 home runs each this season.

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