the best starter in baseball?

[MVPosey]

Is Jason Schmidt the best starter in baseball? Last year he had the best numbers of any starting pitcher in baseball despite being injured for half the season and his mothers death. This year he misses his first two starts due to shoulder surgery, and was a little rocky when he first came back, but recently he's been unbeatable.

Look at how he's done this year:

7 IP, 3 H, 3 BB, 2 ER, 4 SO, L

4 IP, 7 H, 1 BB, 6 ER, 1 SO, L

5 IP, 6 H, 4 BB, 2 ER, 6 SO, W

7 IP, 7 H, 1 BB, 2 ER, 9 SO, W

7 IP, 3 H, 3 BB, 1 ER, 10 SO

8 IP, 6 H, 3 BB, 3 ER, 5 SO, W

9 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 0 ER, 13 SO, W

8 IP, 4 H, 1 BB, 1 ER, 6 SO, W

His totals:

55 IP, 37 H, 17 BB, 17 ER, 54 SO, 5-2, 2.78 ERA, .98 WHIP, .189 BAA

take away that one bad start:

51 IP, 30 H, 16 BB, 11 ER, 53 SO, 5-1, 1.94 ERA, .90 WHIP

[rferry]

Yes and he's better than Walter Johnson too.

[RippyO]

(crickets)

[Libelula]

Oh, come on man. His arm is gonna die soon.

[Wild Card]

Cy Young, watch out!

[SorianoFanHFW]

The year is not close to over, I'm not going to make any premature decisions.

[catchoftheday]

I thought he was the best last year :anon

[Guest Juanky]

He's got nothing on Darren Oliver