Key Starts of the Day, 9/26/2007
by Evan “the Censor” Dickens
Don’t forget to tune in tomorrow for our final Wire
Tap of the regular season!
DOMINANT:
Jon Garland v KC (W, CGSHO, 3 H, 2 BB, 2 K)
Garland’s fantasy value has long since passed–now
it’s a matter of the White Sox trying to get some
trade value in the offseason. His August was so bad
that it may be a lost cause, but he looked every bit
like the Johnny Sinkers we once knew and loved. Those
in very deep leagues who have hung on to Garland will
want to check their ERA category–this kind of start
can still move you up a couple points, even in the
last week.
DISASTER:
Johan Santana @ DET (ND, 3.0 IP, 2 ER, 2 H, 3 BB, 4 K)
This was not a blow-up–it was a rain-shortened
performance, but it’s still a game ERA of 6.0 and a
game WHIP of 1.67, and you can’t deal with that from
Santana yet again. I specifically bring it up, though,
to congratulate him on an incredible streak–at least
five innings pitched in 123 straight starts, more than
three years old. And it took the rain to bring him
down. Tune in Friday to see if Evan and Tony still
consider Johan a first-rounder!
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