Joe Roderick notes Blanton’s been beating the best teams recently:

Blanton, just as he did in the second half last season, is righting himself. He’s won his last three games — against Boston, Detroit and Toronto, three teams in the upper echelon in hitting in the American League. He also has four victories in his last five starts.

What Roderick fails to note, however, is that Blanton hasn’t been dominating. He gave up five runs to the Tigers and was bailed out by the A’s offense. He’s only striking out 3.8 per nine in the three games. To me, this is positive spin on a short and somewhat lucky streak.