Due to injuries on Saturday the Texas Rangers will wheel out a young pitcher by the name of Justin Grimm to take on the Houston Astros in the "prestigious" Silver Boot Series. Who is this Justin Grimm?
Justin Grimm is 23 years old.
Justin Grimm has been pitching for the Frisco Roughriders the Texas Rangers AA affiliate this season.
Justin Grimm is 8-3 with a 1.87 ERA in 13 starts. Justin Grimm has 67 strikeouts against only 14 walks, and opponents are batting .228 against him.
Justin Grimm was a fifth-round draft pick in 2010 out of the University of Georgia.
Justin Grimm was 7-3 with a 3.39 ERA in 25 starts split between Class A Hickory and
Myrtle Beach in 2011.
Here are some Justin Grimm Facts
The movie "8 Men Out" is actually based on Justin Grimm's first 7 batters he faced in AA Frisco. The 8th man dropped his bat in the on-deck circle and went back to the dugout. This was the first intentional out in AA History.
Justin Grimm has 99 problems but a pitch ain't one
Chuck Norris jokes are based on Justin Grimm's reality
Justin Grimm once throw a pitch so perfectly it counted as two strikes.
Justin Grimm is Scott Boras agent.
The Rangers general manager Jon Daniels had this to say Thursday "We're going to put our best guys out there if they're ready to help us win. We feel Justin
is. We're trying to win ballgames. We wouldn't call up Justin if we
didn't think he could help us."
Go Kill Em Justin & GO Rangers!
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