But because a dominant pitcher is so rare, teams assume the financial risk.

For six years and more than $80 million, the dominant pitcher could be theirs.

Rocker has also been good, and his emergence as a dominant pitcher could not have come at a better time for Atlanta.

They would feel better if a dominant starting pitcher were waiting there, too.

But he remained a dominant pitcher after the war, averaging more than 19 victories a season from 1946 to 1950.

The Mariners essentially see that game as nothing more than an example of what can happen when a dominant pitcher is at his best.

What I care about is he's been a dominant pitcher for the last three or four years.

In 2003, he stepped into Rice's weekend rotation and quickly became the nation's most dominant pitcher.

Smoltz is the most dominant pitcher in the baseball this season.

Whatever the case is, he's still a very dominant pitcher.