The doctor is in the house

I have a fantasy baseball team on MLB.com, it was a live draft when we put our teams together. Great emphasis is put on pitching, you don't pick individuals but you pick a staff. No one was taking pitching staffs in the draft until the fifth round. I was thinking I needed to pick my staff in that round. I was deciding between the Phillies and the Giants. My choice was made for me when the team in front of me drafted the Giants. I quickly drafted the Phillies.

After week one I have to say I am pretty thrilled with my staff. In particular I am very excited whenever Halladay takes the mound. I expect when he gets a start that he will get the win and maybe pitch a shutout. What did Roy do in this most recent start? He picked up the victory and pitched a complete game and din't allow an earned run. In his two starts he is 2-0 with 17 K's with an ERA of 0.56.

I am especially excited about this win as it puts him officially at 150 wins. He is halfway to the 300 wins. I was having a conversation with a friend today about Halladay's chances to get to 300 and he was skeptical it could happen. Here is why I think it can happen.

• Halladay is now on a great team and he should win 18-20 games a season. Based on that he would need to pitch for 7 more years after this year to reach the goal
• He is only 32 years old
• He takes good care of his body
• He knows how to pitch and he is not just a thrower
• He has a great offensive team behind him

Mark Buehrle came back with another strong start as he picked up win #137 of his career. He is more than capable of winning 16-17 games this season and he then puts himself into that 150+ range for wins too. He is a year younger than Roy, but at this point he does not play on a dominating team like the Phillies, either way he looks great.

Tim Lincecum struggled a bit last night as his start was delayed by over four hours. Once he got rolling he was blowing batters away. Just like Halladay he moved his record to 2-0 on the season with 17 K's in two starts. His ERA is 1.29 on the season and he has now won 42 games as a 25 year old. One word that would describe him other than "Freak" is fun. He is like a kid in little league.

Albert Pujols kept the hot stick going last night as he blasted two more HR's for 370 of his career, just 330 more to go to the magic number of 700. The way he is going it wont be long before he cranks out #400. Rookie Jason Heyward blasted an opposite field homer for #3 on the season. He has raw power and huge upside.