Pelfrey

Mike Pelfrey surprised everyone yesterday. Let's start from the beginning.

Mike Pelfrey may have a 3-3 record, but anyone who has watched his games knows he's been really bad about 70% of his innings. He's been more lucky than good. He's had a couple of outings that  were just good enough when the Twins scored him lots of runs. He's also managed 5 innings a couple of times with lots of walks and pitches and miraculously left with the lead.

YESTERDAY, he was good. No, yesterday he was VERY good. Six innings, seven strikeouts, 1 walk, four hits and just ONE run. It's the first time all year that he has went SIX innings. AND he kept the ball LOW the entire time.

It was a great performance. His ERA is STILL 6.45 which means he still has along way to go, but this was the first good sign all year that he actually IS recovering from Tommy John surgery. I'm still not sure why he couldn't have worked all of this out in the minors, but as of right now there is hope.

I feel a little sorry for the Twins. They end up getting teams like Detroit and Boston and Cleveland that are on hot streaks BEFORE we start playing them and then we somehow have to slow THEIR momentum. The result is that we end up winning one of three games against each and gradually go back below .500.

The worst part is that while we are mired with a record around the .500 mark, two teams, KC and Detroit, are starting to look like very good teams. You know, the kind of teams that we don't usually find in our division.

We're 25 games into the season and just a game below the .500 mark. Vance Worley (our ACE at the beginning of the season) is still the worst starter in the rotation

And he pitches tonight in Fenway against the division-leading Red Sox. The best part? The Red Sox are currently on a three-game LOSING streak. Maybe THAT will make a difference.

On second thought, probably not. I keep forgetting that Worley is pitching.

Plouffe went yard again yesterday. He's starting to look like the kid with great power from a couple seasons ago. I'm anxious to see if that can continue.