Jason Michael Hirsh was born on February 20,1982 and is an American former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball.
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24 Facts About Jason Hirsh
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Jason Hirsh threw a two-seam fastball, a four-seam fastball, a slider, and a changeup.
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Jason Hirsh was named to the Rockies' starting rotation in 2007 and made a career-high 19 starts before injuries curtailed his season.
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Jason Hirsh spent the next two season in the minors, getting traded to the New York Yankees in 2009.
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Jason Hirsh never pitched in the Cardinals' organization and finished his career with two independent league teams in 2007.
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Jason Hirsh went undrafted when he graduated in 2000, and no NCAA Division I programs wanted him, so he wound up at Division III California Lutheran University, which was only 40 minutes from his house.
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Jason Hirsh was a First-Team All-SCIAC twice, as well as an ABCA All-West Region First-Team selection in 2003.
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Jason Hirsh was drafted by the Houston Astros with their top pick in the second round of the 2003 amateur entry draft, and signed for a $625,000 signing bonus.
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Jason Hirsh looks like he throws the ball down in the zone well, which is really good for as big as he is.
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Jason Hirsh looks like he has some of the other ingredients that you've got to have to go along with having good stuff.
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Jason Hirsh began 2006 with the Triple A Round Rock Express, where he a mastered a two-seam and four-seam fastball.
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Jason Hirsh was named the starting pitcher for the US Team at the 2006 MLB All-Star Futures Game in Pittsburgh, and was named a Triple A All Star, and pitched an inning in that game.
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Jason Hirsh was regarded as the top pitching prospect in the Astros' farm system.
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Jason Hirsh was rated by Baseball America as having the best breaking pitch in the PCL, and the league's ninth best prospect.
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In 2008, Jason Hirsh tried to work back from his rotator cuff problems and rehab his shoulder after May 30 for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox in the Pacific Coast League.
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Not realizing his leg had been broken on a line drive comebacker hit by the second batter of the game, JJ Hardy, that caught him in the shin in the first inning, Jason Hirsh went on to throw out Hardy and pitch six innings that day, earning a key win for the club.
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Jason Hirsh was expected to be in the starting rotation in 2008, as the number 4 starter.
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Jason Hirsh had good leverage, pitched down to hitters, and had a refined repertoire of pitches.
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Jason Hirsh continued to refine his moderate changeup, which had fair deception and movement in the low-80s.
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Jason Hirsh was not afraid to pitch inside, and threw strikes to both sides of the plate.
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Jason Hirsh has the type of fastball you work off, but he was using his fastball the way you'd use an off-speed pitch —- to try and trick hitters.
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