Who’s Got the Hot Hand So Far?

Peter@BaseballReflections posted 4/14/2008 from baseballreflections.com [flag]

I thought I’d give the starting pitchers a little more than a week before I decided to see who’s gotten off to the best start. By looking at Wins (W), K’s, Innings Pitched (IP), ERA & WHIP; my choice for hottest pitcher thus far would have to go to Boston’s Daisuke Matsuzaka with 2 wins in [link]

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