The Morning Edition (May 4, 2013)

Clip art illustration of a Cartoon Tiger with a Missing Tooth

From Last Night:

  • Holliday and Beltran homer behind a smooth performance by Shelby Miller
  • Derek Holland dominates the Red Sox enroute to a 7-0 win
  • David Wright homers off Kimbrel to send it to extras where the Mets win 7-5
  • Felix Hernandez throws 8 shutout innings in Toronto
  • AJ Burnett sharp again in 3-2 win over the Nats
  • Kershaw flirts with a no-hitter, but loses it in the 6th ahead of a Posey walk-off

What I’m Watching Today:

  • Adam Wainwright takes the Cardinals north to face the Crew (4p Eastern)
  • Strasburg faces the Pirates in his first start since experiencing forearm tightness (4p Eastern)
  • Patrick Corbin and his 1.91 ERA head to SD to face the Padres (830p Eastern)

The Big Question:

  • Which pitching performance did you most enjoy on Friday?

It probably wouldn’t surprise the astute fan that Carlos Santana is crushing the baseball right now. His .383/.468/.679 line produces a 215 wRC+. That’s pretty awesome. To give you a sense of how good that is, Babe Ruth only had a wRC+ higher than 215 four times and his career wRC+ is 197. Probably not sustainable, but damn impressive as he is a 130 wRC+ career hitter. Man, the Indians can hit. They’d be good if their rotation wasn’t terrible.

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