From Last Night:

• Tropical Storm Andrea washes out 3 games and soaks the offices of New English D with 5 inches of rain
• Wainwright cruises as the Cards thump the Reds
• Jennings’ 2 run HR lifts the Rays over the O’s
• Liriano walks 5, but goes 7 to beat the Cubs 2-0

What I’m Watching Today:

• Darvish goes north to play the Jays (1p Eastern)
• Fernandez and Harvey (1p Eastern)
• Buchholz goes against the Angels (7p Eastern)

The Big Question:

• Who is this week’s surprising leaderboard climber?

That would be Michael Cuddyer. All of a sudden, he’s 6th in MLB in wRC+ with 161, trailing just Davis, Cabrera, Tulowitzki, Goldschmidt, and CarGo. Take your time, read that list. What do you see? Three Colorado Rockies. They have 3 of the top 6 hitters in baseball and 4 of the top 28 (Fowler), but then everyone else is below MLB average and they’re 10th overall with 101 wRC+ as a club. I had them as one of the worst teams in baseball coming in to the season, but their pitching is performing better than I expected, but the key is the health of their big hitters. They don’t have the depth to fill in, but Tulo and CarGo are as good as almost any pair in the game when they are healthy.