Saturday, June 20, 2009

June 20, 2009

Since our last update with commentary from two weeks ago, the misfortunes of a couple of starting pitchers have significantly impacted the pool.

Roy Halladay's mild groin strain resulted in an abbreviated outing on June 12, and a subsequent missed start--with one more to come--as he dropped from the AL innings pitched lead. Assuming he returns as scheduled on June 28, and given his history as a work horse, eventually regaining that lead is far from out of reach, though.

Johan Santana has allowed 16 ER in 17 1/3 innings since that June 6 update, and seen his ERA balloon from 2.00 to 3.22. Surprisingly, he's actually won one game during that stretch, but has still fallen from the NL wins lead.

Ichiro Suzuki's ascension to the AL lead in batting average, though, has helped Joe Williams maintain his lead atop the pool, although with two correct categories fewer than two weeks ago.


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