Quote of the day
"I walked a few guys and hit a batter. Not happy about that." -- Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee, after 7 shutout innings in a 10-0 win over the MetsDaily blurb
Justin Verlander won his 19th game of the season last night, and looks like a shoo-in for the A.L. Cy Young award. Arguably, he could be in the discussion for MVP.
His current success seems like no surprise today. But in the RIBC draft last March, he was only the 13th starting pitcher drafted, and that wasn’t until late in round 4. He was expected to be good, but he wasn’t expected to be this good. Pitchers drafted ahead of him included Josh Johnson and Ubaldo Jimenez (gulp).
The hottest hitter in baseball over the past 15 days has been … Carlos Gonzalez - based on the scoring system for all three of the covered daily contest scoring systems. CarGo was my first round pick (#7 overall) in the RIBC draft, but until lately (11R, 18RBI, .386/.714 in the last 13 games) he hasn’t been deserving of a first round selection – nor has he been the best hitter on my roster. It’d be nice (for my team) if he could stay healthy and produce like this for the rest of the season.