Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 10, 2008
Pitcher Matures

Edwin Jackson turned in his second impressive performance of the season, shutting out the Mariners for eight innings. Combined with his six innings of one-run ball against the Yankees, Jackson now sports an 0.64 ERA. He's allowed just seven hits in fourteen innings and walked six. The Rays can live with the walks if he can keep the hits that low.

Is this for real? Jackson is still young, and last year was the first time he pitched a significant amount of big league innings. His problem in the past was a lot of hits and a lot of walks. We might be seeing the improved Rays defense making an impact here.

Tampa Bay takes the game 7-0.


Posted by David Pinto at 03:53 PM | Pitchers | TrackBack (0)
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Maybe he's just having a really REALLY good week. It'd be very interesting if he'd turned a corner though, because that would give the Rays a great 1-2 punch! Their offense was good last year, so this would really enhance them. If it's due to the D, then this should affect the rest of the staff significantly too.

Posted by: Devon Young at April 10, 2008 10:05 PM
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