How to Use fireballer in a Sentence

fireballer

noun

• Ryan had once been a wild fireballer himself, leading the league in walks eight times in an 11-year span.
  — New York Times, 9 May 2022
• The average soul would be lost against the Astros’ fireballer, but frankly, so is the rest of baseball in 2019.
  — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, 17 Sep. 2019
• The fireballer, however, struck out José Iglesias and got Kiké Hernández to ground out to third for the save.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2021
• The Cuban fireballer has not allowed a run in 11 appearances this month.
  — USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2017
• Derrington, a fireballer, was one of those players, but he was given a shot in the last game of the 1956 season.
  — Victor Mather, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2016
• The crafty left-hander could prove to be a good match against a team that is comfortable facing fireballers.
  — Adam Sparks, Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2019
• Perhaps the most entertaining aspect of the night for the Mariners was the big-league debut of fireballer Thyago Vieira.
  — Ryan Divish, The Seattle Times, 14 Aug. 2017
• The fireballer struck out seven and walked one in her seven-inning triumph.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, baltimoresun.com, 25 May 2021
• The Dodgers will do the same, probably starting with rookie fireballer Dustin May and a more rested bullpen to save their season.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2020
• A team official said the switch was made only to give the 18-year-old fireballer additional rest.
  — Ed Barkowitz, Philly.com, 20 July 2017
• Young fireballers: Carlos Estevez, 24, and Scott Oberg, 27.
  — Nick Groke, The Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2017
• Storen’s reinvented himself from a fireballer to a sinker/slider guy.
  — Zach Buchanan, The Courier-Journal, 31 July 2017
• Poche pitched into the ninth inning before freshman fireballer Zack Hess came on for the final three outs -- all strikeouts.
  — Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com, 27 June 2017
• Rookie fireballer Walker Buehler will be an option, but not until later in the season.
  — Dylan Hernandez, latimes.com, 18 Mar. 2018
• The fireballer’s struggles continued, with Dalbec — who’d fanned with two in scoring position in the first — driving a 2-and-2 slider into the left-field seats for a 4-3 lead.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2022
• Claudio isn’t a fireballer like closer Raisel Iglesias, the first reliever Minasian acquired to stock a bullpen from which seven relievers have been purged since the end of the season.
  — Maria Torres, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2020
• But Noah Syndergaard, the Mets fireballer, suddenly got into trouble.
  — Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post, 4 July 2019
• Strasburg, once a fireballer, has grown into a crafty pitcher who overcomes a post-surgery drop in velocity with a nearly unhittable changeup and a tricky curve that combined to earn all of his dozen Ks against the Cardinals.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2019
• And so began a metamorphosis into Charlie Morton, fireballer.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024