Much to write about

Last night was just a great night for my top prospects. Four of my pitchers picked up victories and they all pitched strong games.

King Felix finally got into the win column as he helped the struggling Mariners to pick up a much needed W. He has pitched well this season and had two no decisions in his first starts, this time he got some run support. He struck out nine in his 6 2/3 innings of work. The reason I am most excited about Hernandez is that he has just turned 24 years old and he has now won 59 games. Last year he picked up 19 wins against five losses and I expect him to win 18-20 this year too.

Jered Weaver beat the Blue Jays in another impressive start. He is now 2-0 on the season, and has 21 K's in 19 IP. I think back to his first season in the bigs where he went a solid 11-2. He won start after start and it looked like he would go undefeated his rookie season. In my opinion when he is on, he is as good as ant starter in baseball. his career record is now 53-27, and he has won those 53 games in just 113 starts. Based on that percentage he should win 17-19 games per year.

CC Sabathia is almost a lock every time he steps on the mound. Last night was no different as he struck out 9 Rangers in 6 innings. Very rarely will CC allow more than 3 runs in a start and the Yankees offense is rarely held under 3 runs so his chances of winning 20 is very high again this season. With this W, CC now has 138 wins in his career. He is still under age 30 which bodes well for 2017 to be the year of the 300 win club increasing.

Finally Doc Halladay continues to be the best pitcher in baseball. Here is his stats so far this season: 3 starts, 3 wins, 24 IP, 21 K, 2 BB, ERA of 1.13 and a WHIP under 1.00. Now that is impressive. Doc picked up win #151 of his career.

What I love about watching him pitch is that if the Phillies get a run in the first inning, it is probably enough to win the game. I think other managers know that if they give up two runs that the game is over. The only way they could come back and win would be for the bullpen to struggle. That is unlikely though because Halladay often pitched very late in the game.

It was nice to see Chipper Jones go deep again with career HR # 428. Griffey Jr, had 2 hits and now needs just 31 more to reach 2800, it would be great to see him get to 3000 but that would take a miracle.