Jimenez Stands Alone!

When you think of pitchers who are 5-0 in their first five starts you think pitchers like C.C. Sabathia from the New York Yankees, Roy Halladay from the Philadelphia Phillies, Tim Lincecum from the San Francisco Giants, Felix Hernandez from the Settle Mariners, and even Johan Santana from the New York Mets, but you would never think Ubaldo Jimenez from the Colorado Rockies would be 5-0 in his first 5 starts.


Jimenez who this year already threw his, the clubs, and the year’s first no hitter of the 2010 season won his 5th straight game last night against the Arizonan Diamondbacks and Jimenez stands alone with 5 wins in 5 starts in the MLB. There were few pitchers who were trying to match Jimenez and they were Roy Halladay who got his first lost of the season on Monday night and Tim Lincecum who got a no dissension on Wednesday afternoon. Lincecum in fact is still 4-0 on the year and when he gets his fifth win of the year it won't be is fifth straight in a row. Now there is still one player left who will be going for his fifth win of the season on May 1st and that's Mike Pelfrey from the New York Mets who is 4-0 with a 0.69 ERA. Pelfrey also have a save on the year when they played the Cardinals in that 20 inning game and who knows if it wasn't for that game he could easily be 5-0 with Jimenez.


More about Jimenez, I mean this kid is a beast and how can you not say he’s not in the top 5 best pitchers in the NL and in the top 10 best pitchers in baseball. The guy is clearly the Rockies number one starting pitcher with an ERA of 0.79 with 31 strikeouts. He is a guy who 2 years ago people looked at him and said he’s an okay pitcher not a guy you would your number 1, but boy I'll tell you something he has really stepped up his game in 2010. I know it’s early in the season to say but he could be your next NL CY Young Award winner if he keeps pitching like this to earn his first one of his career. Jimenez will go for win number 6 on May 3rd against division rival and division leaders the San Diego Padres and he will look to be the only pitcher in the major’s leagues to have 6 straight wins in the 2010 season. For Ubaldo Jimenez this is a story that just keeps on getting better.

For Beyond Baseball I'm Seth Lempert.