Moyer makes Rockies rotation — at age 49
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Jamie Moyer, at 49 years old, has made it back in the big leagues.
Moyer earned a spot in the Colorado Rockies’ rotation and will start the team’s second game of the season.
“It is still Jamie Moyer. It’s the Jamie Moyer that was pitching prior to the arm injury that cost him the entire 2011 season. It’s the same guy,” Rockies manager Jim Tracy said Friday before the team’s spring training game against the Texas Rangers at Salt River Fields.
“It’s the same worker. It’s the same professional. It’s the same stuff, same velocity, same pitches. When he’s right, same type of effectiveness. You’re going to venture into this.”
Moyer, who is entering his 25th major league season, posted a 2.77 ERA this spring and beat out 22-year-old Tyler Chatwood and 28-year-old Guillermo Moscoso for a rotation spot.
“I was excited. I’m happy. I’m honoured,” Moyer said. “But in the end, like Jim said, ‘You earned it.’ That was my goal coming here.”
Moyer will start April 7 against the Houston Astros. He can become the oldest pitcher in major league history to earn a victory.
The last player to play in the majors at 49 years old was infielder Julio Franco, who finished out the season with the Braves in 2007 after turning 49 in August.
Moyer will be 50 in November.
The left-hander will follow right-hander Jeremy Guthrie in the rotation and precede right-handers Juan Nicasio and Jhoulys Chacin, who will pitch the home opener April 9 against the San Francisco Giants.
— The Associated Press
