-Since August 16, 2008, Zack Greinke has a ridiculous 2.11 ERA in 48 starts. In those games, the Royals are just 23-26. (hat tip: Joe Posnanski)
-Only two of the six NL Central teams are over .500; only one AL East team is under .500.
-Raise your hand if you thought the Braves and Mariners would be in last place and the Padres would have the best record in the National League.
-San Diego has eight shutouts this season. Go ahead, try to name two of their starters. I dare you. (Jeopardy song plays.) Jon Garland, Clayton Richard, Mat Latos and Kevin Correia and Wade LeBlanc.
-You get a prize if you can name two of the top three ERA leaders in the American League: Phil Hughes (Yankees), C.J. Wilson (Rangers) and Doug Fister (Mariners).
-I'm not sure if it matters much given all their big-time sluggers, but the Phillies do have an offensive weakness: speed. They have an NL-worst 10 stolen bases. And lest you think they've had success in recent years despite this flaw, they finished in the top 10 in the majors in 2008 and 2009 in this category.
-The Cubs led the majors in strikeouts for eight straight years, but finished second last year. They're currently second behind Toronto despite having Carlos Silva and Tom Gorzelanny in the rotation and Carlos Zambrano in the bullpen.
-No team has more complete games than Roy Halladay (three). Nyjer Morgan has more triples (five) than 10 different teams.
-Despite being a reliever, Tyler Clippard of the Nationals leads the majors in wins with seven. The Yankees' Alfredo Aceves led all relievers in wins last year with 10.
Here is a Carlos Siva stat I recently saw on another post (goatriders.com)
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3-0, 6 GS, 42 IP, 2.79 ERA, 1.167 WHIP, 9 BB, 18 K
2010 through seven starts
4-0, 7GS, 42.1IP, 3.40 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 9 BB, 26K
For the rest of 2008:
1-15, 22 GS, 111 IP, 7.84 ERA, 1.760 WHIP, 23 BB, 51 K
lets hope Silva doesn't pull a Fukudome and gets worse as the weather warms up