The Good, the Bad, the Dumb

Technically, I was right about Kenta Maeda; his ERA went from 6.02 to 6.00 after going 4.2 innings against the White Sox in a 5-1 Sox win. As for loss number 58, that will have to wait for another day. Sox rookie Drew Thorpe threw six shutout innings, which now gives him two good starts out of three in addition to his first big-league win. So, dreams of sugar plums and stud staffs there, especially if Jonathan Cannon can do more of the same this afternoon. Only Cannon won’t be throwing to Korey Lee, who caught Thorpe while hitting his seventh homerun of the season. Nope, it’s Martin Maldonado behind the plate today. Let’s see. Maldonado has five RBIs on the season, in 111 at-bats, vs. seven homeruns for Lee and nineteen RBIs. Yeah, let’s catch Maldonado.