Rob Rafferty
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And where we've landed in Major League Baseball, I think, deserves some recognition.
In terms of the performers, the top performers in the entire world of baseball...
I think he said the aforementioned Jose Soriano probably should be highlighted more than anyone.
All right, so this is where we stand with Soriano, with the Angels.
He's 4-0 after his win on Sunday.
Struck out 10, lowered his ERA to .33.
Over 106 pitches, he just allowed one run now, over 27 innings, striking out 31 and walking nine.
Now, get this.
This is from the great Mike Petraglia in the MLB.com story they wrote.
Soriano is the first pitcher since at least 1900 to throw 25 or more innings in his first four appearances of a season while allowing fewer than 10 hits and fewer than two runs.
The first pitcher since 1900.
Who knew?
Jose Soriano.
Well, I'll tell you what.
I'll tell you who knew.
The guy that we just talked to.
I don't know why it was top of mind in terms of me mentioning Jose Soriano, but I did to Lucas Gilito.
And sure enough, Lucas, along with a lot of good stuff in the podcast, had this to say, had this great, great take on –
What the guy who is right now, I'll just say it, on the leaderboard, top of the list, Cy Young, American League Cy Young.
This is just how it is.