With today's eight inning, two-hit, one earned, eight strikeout performance, Shaun Marcum should (if our math is right, and it rarely is) officially qualify for the ERA title, and will vault ahead of Roy Halladay for the team lead in both ERA and WHIP. Moreover, Marcum's 3.67 ERA should slide him into 12th place in the AL, while his 1.11 should move him into the top 10 in the Majors.Which is all a whole hell of a lot more than anyone was anticipating for a guy who was destined to be the main mop-up guy this year.
Remove 2 letters from Jays and you have As and all those exciting post-season moments from the past few years. Not to mention you have the real Billy Beane and not just one of his disciples.
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I warn everyone to not get quite too carried away yet on the "with Marcum and McGowan in the rotation next year we can't lose!" bandwagon. Remember back at the start of 2006 when we everyone was pretty confident about Josh Towers as a rotation stalwart?
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