Greg Reynolds picked up his first major league win Saturday night, allowing two runs over six innings against the Brewers in Colorado. However, he walked two and struck out none. In his six MLB starts so far, Greg walked 20 and struck out 9. That's a K/BB of 0.45. For a pitcher with over 30 innings, that would be the worst seasonal number in twelve years. In 1996, Jeff Ware pitched 32 2/3 innings, walking 31 and striking out 11, for a K/BB of 0.35. That same year, Steve Sparks pitched 88 2/3 innings, walking 52 and striking out 21, 0.40 K/BB. Sparks did go on to have a career in which he struck out more batters than he walked, but Jeff Ware never pitched in the majors again.

Update: On a related note, Jon Garland struck out eight and walked one against the Athletics last night to bring his walks and strikeouts into parity on the season at 30 each. I would have thought a patient team like the A's would do well drawing walks against Garland, but LAnaheim went on to win the game 5-3. The Angels now hold a 5 1/2 game lead in the AL West, the largest lead of any first place team.