[Gotham Dark Knight]

July 23, 2006

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Jered Weaver became the first rookie in 25 years to win his first seven starts, pitching the Los Angeles Angels past the Kansas City Royals 3-1 Sunday. Robb Quinlan hit a two-run single and Adam Kennedy had an RBI single off Brandon Duckworth (1-4), sending the surging Angels to their eighth win in 11 games. They improved to 15-4 in July and 11-2 in their last 13 games at Kansas City.

Weaver (7-0) allowed one run and three hits in 6 2-3 innings, striking out four and walking four. The 23-year-old right-hander has a 1.15 ERA in 47 innings.

Fernando Valenzuela of the Los Angeles Dodgers was the last rookie to win his first seven starts when he opened 8-0 in 1981.

This kid is 7-0 his ERA is in the low 1.10's and his whip is under around .75
I thought his brother was a decent pitcher...but this kid looks like he has CY young Stuff

[EmpireWF]

Wow. Talk about a stud young pitcher. They still have Earvin Santana don't they? A nice young duo for the Angels to throw out there for the next 5 years.

[desertrat]

Not only do they have Ervin Santana and Jered Weaver, Angels also have John Lackey who has an ERA 2.89 and is 9-6. Lackey also has world series experience as he was one of the rookie pitchers that helped lead the Angels o their only world series title in 2002.

[MJHMarc]

The Angels have the perfect pitching staff for the future and perhaps now.

As you might already now, the Angels called up Joe Sanders a couple of weeks ago. Sanders made some ugly appearances last year, but seems to be doing fine this year. In his first start this year on July 18th, he picked up a win giving up four hits in seven innings of work. I would keep a close eye on these magnificent starters for future fantasy baseball leagues (especially Weaver).