Wang piitches 8 shutout innings to win his fifth straight decision

王建民連兩場先發共17IP 0ER 不但將他的ERA降到3.58 也提升了他的VORP到41.5這數字有多好呢 在AL排第第八(MLB投手排名第17)Mussina VORP 44.3 AL排第六 (MLB排名12)VORP顧名思義是指選手能提供多少超過替代球員(replacement level)的價值可看作是一種對於球隊的貢獻度以AL投手來看 也僅有Halladay Liriano Santana Verlander Haren Mussina Lackey比王建民好
就我昨天的觀察王建民大量的使用他的招牌球路 sinking fastball攻擊好球帶的邊緣看得出來他的控球進步很多不過控球控的邊邊角角 也要主審買帳才行昨天三次保送 就是不受主審的青睞的緣故缺點仍是 缺乏另外一種出色的球路期待他能利用offseason 培養出能夠三振對手的球路真正成為具有Ace Stuff的投手
題外話 昨天YES的轉播群 在八局下研究Caberra與王建民交談時用什麼語言突然冒出一個 Taiwaness 真是有趣

Johnny Damon said Wang has been as good as ace Mike Mussina during the past few weeks. Jeter felt he has proved more than that. "When you talk about the top pitchers in the league, you have to put his name up there," Jeter said. "He's pitching as well as anybody in baseball."