Sam Howard has picked up right where he left off last summer. On Wednesday, that was bad news for the Bakersfield Blaze.
Modesto, Calif. -- If you want to know about a pitcher, go to his catcher. Nobody knows the ins and outs of a starting pitcher better than his battery mate, and there's the added benefit that catchers don't tend to sugar coat anything when it comes to evaluating their pitching staff.
So a few hours before the Modesto Nuts' Wednesday game against the Bakersfield Blaze, I took a new angle on Rockies minor league starting pitcher Sam Howard.