Surprising Starters

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In my opinion, of the fifty qualified starters in the top 50 in ERA this season, these are the most surprising. Which one of these ten veteran pitchers will finish the season with the best stats?

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Barry Zito: 6-2, 2.80 ERA, 1.13 WHIP	7
C.J. Wilson: 3-2, 3.07 ERA, 1.21 WHIP	2
Colby Lewis: 4-2, 3.45 ERA, 1.15 WHIP	1
Carlos Silva: 6-0, 3.52 ERA, 1.21 WHIP	1
Jason Vargas: 3-2, 3.12 ERA, 1.06 WHIP	0
Brad Penny: 3-4, 3.23, 1.29 WHIP	0
Bret Myers: 3-3, 3.22 ERA, 1.43 WHIP	0
Livan Hernandez: 4-3, 2.08 ERA, 1.09 WHIP	0
Jon Garland: 6-2, 2.10 ERA, 1.33 WHIP	0
Fausto Carmona: 4-2, 3.45 ERA, 1.29 WHIP	0

― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 27 May 2010 20:02 (fifteen years ago)

Zito

― Andy K, Thursday, 27 May 2010 20:05 (fifteen years ago)

yeah zito or maybe fausto, though i admit i am unfamiliar with the complete bodies of work of cj wilson, vargas, and lewis

― call all destroyer, Thursday, 27 May 2010 20:08 (fifteen years ago)

vargas was a high draft pick so it's not inconceivable, also his numbers at safeco are insane, which also makes sense

fausto was good a few years ago and everyone was impressed by him in spring training, so wasn't surprised by that one either

i'm voting carlos silva

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 27 May 2010 20:09 (fifteen years ago)

zito

― iatee, Thursday, 27 May 2010 20:12 (fifteen years ago)

wait you're saying silva will have the best season of these guys?

― call all destroyer, Thursday, 27 May 2010 20:13 (fifteen years ago)

oh i didn't even read that \(o_O)/

i assumed it was "which of these is most surprising to you"

in that case i'm voting for garland

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 27 May 2010 20:14 (fifteen years ago)

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well now you guys know why silva will have a vote

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 27 May 2010 20:15 (fifteen years ago)

Wilson's only two-three starts from exceeding his MLB career high and has been shelled in his last two games.

― Andy K, Thursday, 27 May 2010 20:22 (fifteen years ago)

Career high in IP, that is.

― Andy K, Thursday, 27 May 2010 20:40 (fifteen years ago)

yeah i assumed this was most surprising and thought silva b4 i even clicked it

― johnny crunch, Thursday, 27 May 2010 20:47 (fifteen years ago)

Surprise!

― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 27 May 2010 20:49 (fifteen years ago)

dan haren pooping his pants is the most surprising

― sanskrit, Thursday, 27 May 2010 21:13 (fifteen years ago)

i wrote that before the two back to back hrs just now

― sanskrit, Thursday, 27 May 2010 21:33 (fifteen years ago)

― sanskrit, Thursday, 27 May 2010 21:34 (fifteen years ago)

Carlos Silva is pitching a gem so far today.

― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Saturday, 29 May 2010 21:24 (fifteen years ago)

holy shit 11 K

― ciderpress, Saturday, 29 May 2010 22:56 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Wednesday, 2 June 2010 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

Barry Zito is for real, it's official.

― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Wednesday, 2 June 2010 23:28 (fifteen years ago)

one month passes...

All of these pitchers are still under 4.0 ERA, and a few of them have improved their ERA slightly (Carlos Silva being one of them).

Garland, Livan, and Zito all have added 1 ER or more but are still having good seasons overall.

Penny has missed a lot of time to injury.

― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 17:03 (fifteen years ago)

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