This was the first time the friends had opposed each other in a game since 1990, when both were promising teen-age pitchers in Cuba.

Gagne had the surgery, missed all of the 1997 season, and returned as a promising starting pitcher with the Dodgers.

There was also a promising new pitcher, Tom Seaver, who eventually would be named 1967 rookie of the year.

How had Chacon, a promising pitcher, let it happen?

We're pleased with his stuff, but this might not have been the greatest way to break in a promising young pitcher.

A promising young pitcher, Grundt never was able to fulfill the potential that he showed in the minor leagues.

Despite starting out as a promising young pitcher, Doyle won only 22 games in his five-year career.

Cain was a promising pitcher who had his career cut short by an arm injury.

Leiter, once the most promising young pitcher in the Yankees' organization, obviously chose the right season to display his talents.

By 2000, Strange started to establish himself as one of the most promising young pitchers in the Mets farm system.