Pujols and Haren

Last night in Seattle the Angels' recent additions came into effect. Dan Haren came to the Angels via trade in 2010 and of course Albert Pujols signed as a free agent in the 2011-2012 off season.

Haren posted a 3.17 ERA in 238.1 innings pitched in 2011 and in 2012 he started off rocky. After last nights game he lowered his ERA to 3.76 after a complete game shutout.

Pujols has been arguably the best player in the major leagues over the past 10 years, but he has not panned out in the first year of his mega-contract with the Angels. Things seems to finally be turning around for Pujols. In last night's game Pujols went 3-4 with a 2 run home run. In his last 10 game Pujols has 4 home runs, 13 hits and  10 RBI's. He is hitting .325 over that span and .225  on the year.

The main story of the game was Haren. Haren struck out 14 Mariners and gave up only 4 hits and 0 walks. Pujols' home runs was his 450th of his career and Haren recorded his 1500th strikeout.

The Price is Wainwright

After spending the entire 2011 season on the disabled list Adam Wainwright seems to be back in his all star form. In 2009 and 2010 Wainwright sported back to back seasons with a sub 3 ERA to show he is an elite starter in the MLB. In the spring training of 2011 Wainwright had to have Tommy John surgery which seems to be a regular injury among pitchers.

Last night Wainwright pitched against the San Diego Padres which ended up being his best start of the season. A complete game shutout victory with 9 strikeouts. Wainwright only allowed 1 walk and 4 hits, he was absolutely dominant. His velocity is back, but it was more about the movement on Tuesday night. His slider had enormous break and averaged about 90 MPH.

Wainwrights success will be important with the loss of Berkman for 6-8 weeks due to a torn meniscus. Additionally Chris Carpenter's injuries. Wainwright has to be the Wainwright of old and be the ace of the Cardinals.

Jamie Moyer

Moyer 2012

Yesterday Jamie Moyer became the oldest pitcher to ever win a major league game. At the age of 49 years and 150 days old Moyer got the win against The San Diego Padres in a 5-3 victory. Moyer pitched 7 innings and gave up 2 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks. His season statistics are as follows: 2.55 ERA, 1 win and 2 losses, and 6 strikeouts.

Moyer 1986

Moyer has led a very long and accomplished career making it to the big leagues in 1986. I wasn't even born in 1986. Moyer had the most success with The Seattle Mariners collecting 145 wins with an ERA of 3.97. During his time with the mariners he had a 20 win and a 21 win season along with many other successful seasons. Moyer finished April 17th with 268 wins for his career.