She Does Have Nice Hands

In the recent Sports Illustrated Baseball Issue, the point was made that Atlanta Braves closer/relief pitcher Craig Kimbrel is the best strikeout pitcher in baseball history.  He's whiffed an amazing 43.1% of the batters he's faced in his short career.  The further point was made that although strikeouts are most valuable with the tying or winning run on third and less than two outs, the Braves never use Kimbrel in those situations.  They use him for "guaranteed" saves.  In all of last season, Kimbrel inherited just three baserunners.

The piece went on to suggest that the Braves might want to skip a few saves-on-a-platter for Kimbrel, and bring him in a little earlier if/when his bat-missing skill could help extract them from a tight spot.

The (sadly) unattributed writer ended with a classic line:

"Keeping the greatest strikeout pitcher ever away from spots where strikeouts are essential is like using Kate Upton as a hand model."

Well, as you can see, she does have nice hands.