Third-round pick in the 1998 draft, Mike Maroth spent his first two years of professional baseball playing for the Single-A Sarasota Red Sox in the Boston Red Sox organization.
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18 Facts About Mike Maroth
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Mike Maroth led Sarasota's starting pitchers with 11 wins in 1999.
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In 2003, Mike Maroth lost 21 games for the Tigers—the first pitcher to lose 20 or more games in a season since Brian Kingman lost 20 for the Oakland Athletics in 1980.
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In 2006, Mike Maroth assumed the No 3 role in the starter rotation, behind the veteran Kenny Rogers and Bonderman, and ahead of rookie Justin Verlander and Nate Robertson.
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Mike Maroth credited Rogers with suggested changes to his pitching strategy, and – after the season's first month – it appeared that he was experiencing a breakout year, though digging a little deeper reveals that his defense independent pitching statistics were actually about the same as they had been in the previous two seasons and that his sparkling ERA was due in large part to an exorbitant and unsustainable rate of stranding baserunners.
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Mike Maroth returned to the starting rotation in the 2007 season.
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Mike Maroth was traded to the St Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later.
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Mike Maroth was given his release from the team on October 25,2007.
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Mike Maroth underwent shoulder surgery in May 2008, expecting to be able to pitch by spring training 2009.
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On December 30,2008, Mike Maroth signed a minor league deal with the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Mike Maroth pitched two innings of an exhibition game on March 3,2009, the first time he had thrown in a Major League game since 2007.
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On January 8,2010, Mike Maroth signed a minor league contract with the Minnesota Twins with an invite to spring training.
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Mike Maroth did not make the team out of spring training and was sent down to triple A Rochester.
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In September 2011, Mike Maroth was named the pitching coach for the Class A Advanced Lakeland Flying Tigers.
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In October 2014, after three seasons with Lakeland, it was announced Mike Maroth was named the pitching coach for the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens.
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Mike Maroth was named as the pitching coach for the A advanced Florida Fire Frogs in the Atlanta Braves organization for the 2018 season.
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Mike Maroth was not an overpowering pitcher, rarely touching 88 MPH on his two-seam fastball.
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Mike Maroth threw an 80 MPH cutter with a curveball and a changeup.
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