Brad Hand has previously played in MLB for the Miami Marlins, San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians, Washington Nationals, Toronto Blue Jays, and New York Mets.
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33 Facts About Brad Hand
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Brad Hand was a three-sport athlete at Chaska High School, and after his senior year in 2008, the Florida Marlins selected him in the second round of the 2008 MLB Draft.
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Brad Hand chose to forego a college baseball commitment to Arizona State in favor of turning professional.
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Brad Hand made his MLB debut in 2011 when Marlins starting pitcher Josh Johnson was injured, but inconsistent pitch command prevented Hand from becoming a fixture in the Marlins' major league roster until 2014, when he was assigned to the bullpen.
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Brad Hand spent the next two seasons alternating between starting and relief roles for Miami before he was claimed on waivers by the Padres shortly before the 2016 season.
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Brad Hand had a breakout role in San Diego, attributed in part to his slider.
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Brad Hand was named to three consecutive All-Star Games beginning in 2017, the same year that he became a closer.
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Brad Hand found varying levels of success in 2021 with Washington, Toronto, and New York before signing with Philadelphia in 2022.
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Brad Hand was a three-sport varsity athlete at Chaska High School, receiving honors in American football, ice hockey, and baseball.
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Brad Hand returned to the Suns to begin the 2011 baseball season, the only left-handed pitcher in both the starting rotation and bullpen.
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Brad Hand instead started the minor league season with the Triple-A New Orleans Zephyrs as part of a starting rotation that included Tom Koehler, Alex Sanabia, Wade LeBlanc, and J D Martin.
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The MLB collective bargaining agreement allowed a player like Brad Hand to join a team as the 26th person on their 25-man roster for a same-day doubleheader as long as he was sent back to the minors the next day.
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Brad Hand returned to the Zephyrs to begin the 2013 season in the Pacific Coast League.
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Brad Hand was named the Pacific Coast League Player of the Week for these two performances.
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Brad Hand was a September call-up for the Marlins in 2013 as a relief pitcher who could make occasional starts as needed.
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Altogether, Brad Hand made 32 appearances for the Marlins in 2014, half starts and half in relief.
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Brad Hand was out of minor league options that season and required a strong spring training to avoid being traded or placed on waivers.
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Brad Hand struggled in spring training with the Marlins in 2016, allowing 10 runs on 11 hits in 11 innings for an 8.
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Manager Andy Green expected that Brad Hand would serve both in long relief and in more specialized inning roles for the Padres' bullpen.
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Brad Hand had two stretches that season where he faced 20 or more left-handed batters in a row without allowing a hit.
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Brad Hand was the sixth reliever in Padres history to strike out 100 or more batters in a season and was the second left-handed reliever on any MLB team to reach the milestone in 2016, following Andrew Miller of the Cleveland Indians.
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Shortly before the 2017 season, Brad Hand agreed to a one-year contract extension with the Padres.
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Brad Hand made 21 saves, most of which came after the Maurer trade.
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The Astros swept the Indians in the best-of-five series, with Brad Hand allowing Correa's first hit of the series, a three-run home run in Game 3.
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Brad Hand received his third consecutive All-Star Game selection in 2019 after striking out 52 batters in 27 appearances.
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Brad Hand was far less successful in the second half of the season, which he attributed to a mechanical issue with his slider delivery.
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Brad Hand first took the game into extra innings by allowing DJ LeMahieu to tie in the ninth inning.
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Brad Hand referred to his time in Toronto as "the toughest stretch I've ever been through in my career" and could not explain why his fastball command was so poor, as the could not isolate any mechanical difficulties.
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Brad Hand used the pitch less than 10 percent of the time during his final season in Miami, but it made up 36 percent of his pitches with the Padres in 2016 and 44 percent in 2017.
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Brad Hand prefers to use the sinking fastball against right-handed hitters, either on the first pitch or when ahead on strikes.
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Brad Hand was the Indians' 2020 nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award, given for sportsmanship and philanthropy.
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