June 01, 2008
On Pace for 30
Brandon Webb won his 10th game of the season on Saturday, the last day of May. It was a masterful complete game shutout, his second CG of the season and first shutout, short or long. With 10 wins in the first two months of the season, all Brandon needs to do is repeat that twice to win 30!
Since 1957, only three pitchers have posted four months with five or more wins. Denny McLain did it five times in 1968, the last 30 win season. Koufax and Marichal each posted four months of five wins or more in 1963. That doesn't make Webb's odds look very good.
Posted by David Pinto at
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He is not going to win 30 games, but his odds of having the most wins since Randy Johnson's 24 in 2002 seem pretty good.
Saw that post coming a mile away...actually more like the 19th of May. He is on pace for about 25. Because the pace is a mix of slumps and hot streaks. So far, he started the year hot...like John Smoltz in '96. At some point, he'll go through a slump that'll put him short of the 30-pace. If he has 20 W's by the break, then you can start talking about a possible 30.