After a strong start by Jered Weaver and two RBI by Torii Hunter, the Halos knocked off the horrible Florida Marlins 2-1 yesterday afternoon. The outcome sent the Fish to their 11th straight loss, tying a franchise record, and boosted the Halos to a 36-38 mark that's good enough for 3rd in the division at 3 back of the 2010 AL Champions. With the way our offense has struggled, even a win against the hapless Marlins wouldn't have been possible without the strong start from Big Baby.
After 7 innings of 1 run ball, allowin 5 hits while punching out 6, Weaver improved his record to a solid 9-4 with a miniscule 2.01 ERA. After breaking out of his little slump, he's back to his masterful self, and I was just wondering if he's back to his potential Cy Young stuff like he was last season. As we all know, Weaver kind of got the shaft in favor of Felix Hernandez in the Cy voting after the 2010 season. Could he be on track to get the award that most Halo fans believe was rightfully his?
When you compare his numbers to those of last year's Cy Young hopefull season, things are looking good. Last season, Big Baby finished 13-12 with a 3.01 ERA, while punching out a MLB leading 233. With his overall solid start, he's on pace for a 19-9 with a 2.01 ERA and a chance to pull down 223 Ks. That's a pretty impressive collection of numbers compared to last season, but it depends heavily on the Angel offense sticking up for him the rest of the way out.
So we know that he has the credentials based on his own merit, but what of the competition? Is there anyone in the AL sitting on the same kind of pace of our beloved Dirt Bag? Well, no, not really. There are 6 American League pitchers sitting on 9 wins right now, and Weaver has far and away the lowest ERA. Justin Verlander has a lower WHIP, putting Weaver at #2 among the 6 top hurlers on the junior circuit, but his ERA is +0.53 on our boy. He's also number two in Ks, behind Verlanderm and thus, I'm guessing, the Tigers hurler present the biggest challenge.
Just as a side note, last year's Cy winning, Queen Felix, is 7-6 with a 3.34 ERA this season. It looks like the voters made the right choice.
No matter what happens, we Halo fans will be cheering on our douchiest pitcher as he marches toward another awesome campaign. I'm just wondering when we're going to realize that all these amazing seasons are adding up to Weaver wearing pinstripes when it's all said and done. Until that inevitable day, though, let's enjoy the ride.
Since I'm not able to post as much, you hopefully understand why I've let proofreading fly out the window. Sorry.
-- Sent from my Palm Prē
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