Time for me to be a little bit of a homer, but i believe it is totally justified in this case. When we talk about underrated players, or players not in the spotlight, it can be a little vague since there is no real way to gauge who gets talked about and who gets recognition. But is it safe to say that arguably the best player this season is not getting enough recognition? No, not Albert Pujols. Psh, neither Rockie studs Troy Tulowitzki or Carlos Gonzalez. How about last years MVPs, Josh Hamilton and Joey Votto? Nope and Nope. What if I were to tell you it is a pitcher. Well then its got to be Cliff Lee or Roy Halladay. Try again. Felix Hernandez or Tim Lincecum? Wrong and wrong. People, it's Angels top of the rotation man Jered Weaver. Hear me out here. After completing a 10 strikeout, complete game performance tonight against the Oakland Athletics, it is time to start giving this guy his due. The numbers don't lie, there can be an extremely strong argument made for Jered Weaver being the best player in baseball so far this year. He is 6-0 through the team's first 23 games, the last pitcher to do that was Randy Johnson and he won the Cy Young Award that year after finishing with 24 wins. He has two complete games, logged 45.2 innings, only 5 earned runs with an ERA of 0.99, has great control with only 10 walks, a WHIP of 0.79, and to top it off he leads the MLB with 49 strikeouts. He has virtually been un-hittable. His pitching repertoire is downright drop your jaw to the floor-sit you down-grab some pine-don't go crying to your mother-filthy. He is a joy to watch, and for Angels fan, who had a rough year last year, he has been a savior thus far this season. Plus, to top it all off the guy has got swag, which all of us So-Cal folks love. So how about it, let's start giving Jered Weaver some recognition. Thanks for letting me be a homer.
A la Jered Weaver on the bump, always go hard in the paint.
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