Quick notes

I don't have a whole lot of time to write, but I'd like to mention that I at least nailed the Chipper Jones prediction, and came pretty damn close on the Garcia one.  Matusz has sadly gone the way of Scherzer, but I needed to maintain z-parity, so I picked Scherzer back up.  He's apparently "discovered" 5 of his missing mph from a simple mechanics tweak, which I think says a lot about the Tigers pitching coach and his inability to find and fix this matter when Max was still on the team.  Worst case scenario, Matusz for Scherzer is a 1-for-1 exchange of bad AL ERA-bombs.

This balances out Jaime Garcia, posting his second consecutive shaky but effective six innings of no-decision shutout baseball.  His ERA (1.14) matches his WHIP, which I guess is always a positive sign.  Of his nine starts, the Cardinals have lost five of them.  In those five losses, they've scored a combined four runs.  Combined.  In five games.  In which Garcia has given up only three earned runs.  He really should be at least 8-1.  Of the top ninety (90) pitchers in baseball by ERA, only Roy Oswalt, Clayton Richard, Brad Penny, Dallas Braden, Kevin Millwood, and Wandy Rodriguez get less run support.

Similarly, the Reds have lost Mike Leake's last two starts, in which he's given up only one earned run each.  On the season, Leake now has four 1-ER starts that resulted in no decision.  He's getting it done partially by only issuing 10 walks in his last 46.1 innings, after 12 in his first 13.2.