Complete-ly Unexpected

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With the exception of Livan Hernandez’s much anticipated crappiness, and Barry Zito’s sixth straight loss, Sunday was notable for its exceptional pitching. Brandon Webb out-dueled Jake Peavy for his sixth win. Chien-Ming Wang edged a suddenly-awesome-again (but still hefty) C.C. Sabathia 1-0. Josh Beckett struck out 13 Rays, but still lost 3-0 to a barely hittable James Shields. Nelson Figueroa beat a possibly-injured John Smoltz 6-3. The Pirate’s Paul Maholm (.288 career BAA)pitched a complete game two-hitter against the Phillies. Vicente Padilla, who hasn’t pitched a complete game or held an era under 4.50 since 2003, pitched a shutout against Minnesota. I wouldn’t get too excited about those last three, but Padilla was at least streamable 3 years ago, so he ’s worth keeping an eye on and maybe starting against those few other AL teams with puny offenses - Baltimore, Kansas City, Oakland.

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Tags: Barry Zito, baseball, Brandon Webb, C.C. Sabathia, Chien-Ming Wang, fantasy baseball, Jake Peavy, James Shields, John Smoltz, Josh Beckett, Livan Hernandez, Nelson Figueroa, Paul Maholm, Pitchers, Vicente Padilla