Baseball Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous baseball thoughts and observations.

Tom Glavine has the same number of wins but a better ERA than his opponent today - Jason Schmidt. If you told me this would happen back in April - I would have thought that Glavine was having a Cy Young type season... I remember thinking last year that Edwin Jackson of the Dodgers was going to be Rookie of the Year and the next Pedro Martinez all wrapped into one. He was the one untouchable prospect in the Dodger farm system as far as trades were concerned. So far this year he's bombed at Triple A (3-7 with an 8.62 ERA in Las Vegas), and done so-so at Double A (6-4 with a 3.39 ERA in 10 starts at Jacksonville). With the big club he's 0-1 with a 5.79 ERA after one start. Something tells me the bloom is off this rose and that he's going to be completely overmatched against Roy Oswalt and the Astros... Today's best bets are Oswalt and the Astros (-$178) against the Dodgers and Paul Byrd and the Angels (-$143) against the Devil Rays... Joe Kennedy makes his first start today for the A's. He was aqcquired from the Rockies and if he's back to his form of last year (9-7 with a 3.66 ERA in 16 starts for Colorado) then the already best in the league rotation gets even deeper and more dangerous. Kennedy's start today may be a sign of how the AL West battle will end. If Kennedy has a good outing then it may be lights out for the Angels. These little turning points are often overlooked... In other baseball news, Jose Lima's wife still has exceedingly large breasts...