The Morning Edition (May 3, 2013)

Clip art illustration of a Cartoon Tiger with a Missing Tooth

 

From Last Night:

  • Haren cruises through 8 to lead the Nats over the Braves 3-1
  • Brewers try to rally back from a 6-0 deficit and come up short against the Cards
  • Kendrick stays solid to push the Phils past the Fish

What I’m Watching Today:

  • Felix faces the Jays (7p Eastern)
  • Shelby Miller and Kyle Lohse do battle in the beer city (8p Eastern)
  • Clayton Kershaw on the hill against the Giants (10p Eastern)

The Big Question:

  • Can you believe who leads the league in WAR?

The answer is Carlos Gomez who is trying to sustain a breakout campaign with a .372/.427/.638 line, good for 198 wRC+ and 2.0 WAR thanks to a 3.2 UZR. A good amount of the success is BABIP driven, but it’s still pretty impressive. How impressive? He’s only ever posted more than 2.0 WAR in a full season twice. It took him 26 games to do it in 2013.

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