I might be jumping the gun here but Scott Kazmir is off to a ridiculously good start. Since the early part of last year I have been arguing that James Shields was the ace and not Kazmir. I argue this not because I think that Shields has better stuff, he doesn’t, but because he has been more consistent in giving the team quality starts. Remember last year when Shields was robbed of at least 4 or 5 wins because of the Camp/Lugo circus that we had. I will now give the nod to Kaz. Scotty ‘K’ is off to a phenomenal start and this is all coming on the heels of starting the season on the D.L. He is also a traditionally slow starter and tends to throw alot of pitches early which leads to 5 inning outings. He started that way again tonight but recovered to end up going 7 innings of shutout ball picking up his fifth win. This is an outstanding thing to think see transpiring in front of us. This guy can be flat out unhittable when he’s on and he seems to be on all the time now. He has only pitched in six games this year and already has five wins. He is throwing the changeup more often and pitching to contact more often with confidence because of the defense. If he continues he will blow by everyone in the A.L. and should be the front runner for the Cy Young award by the All-Star break. This is my opinion only as I had to argue with my Dad tonight that he is pitching better than Cliff Lee. I realize Lee is pitching well and maybe I’m being a homer but I’d take Kaz over Lee in a heartbeat! He is not doing this against the weak either. In his first start coming off the D.L. he gave up 4 runs in his only loss to the Red Sox. The Sox do that to the best of them so no harm done. In his 5 outings since he has given up 2 runs in 35 innings to the White Sox, Rangers, Yankees, A’s and Angels. Not bad huh? I’m so excited about the potential season he could have and I can’t wait until his next start to see if he can keep it up. My only complaint about him tonight was he didn’t get us our free pizza, damn you Kaz!
Scott Brannelly
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