The hottest team in the majors is the Texas Rangers. It's no surprise that the Rangers are putting up runs, not with Alfonzo Soriano, Mark Teixeira, Kevin Mench, Michael Young, and Hank Blalock pretty much mashing the ball.
But The Gambler at 7-2 with a 1.65 ERA? Bet nobody saw that coming. In fact, Rogers has won 7 consecutive starts and posted an 0.87 ERA during that stretch. Only once in the previous 7 seasons did Rogers have an ERA under 4.
Equally surprising is the pitching of Chris Young, who is 5-2 with a 2.93 ERA. Young has posted a 1.59 ERA over his last 7 starts, going 4-1 in the process.
You will win your fair share of games with a 1-2 punch like that.
I'm quite pleased to see Young doing well, having had the chance to cover some of his games while he was at Princeton. Those were basketball games. He was the Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 1998-99. He also was first team All-Ivy in baseball that year.
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