J: The Key to Good Pitching

Happened to look at the MLB AL Pitching stats tonight and noticed the top 5 pitchers (by ERA) all had names that begin with the letter J. Looking even further, the top 7 are all J's.

Is this a science? As a Red Sox fan, I have proof it is not (See: Lackey, John).



If you cannot make this out the names are: Justin, Jered, Josh, James, Jeremy, Justin, Jon.

Anyway, I saw this and thought I would share it. Nothing more than a coincidence... or is it?

The leaders in AL Wins are Justin Verlander, (CC Sabathia - damn Yankee would mess this up), Jered Weaver, C.J. Wilson (yes, that counts), Jon Lester.

And just because I can.... the AL leader in Saves... Jose Valverde.


If you didn't believe this blog site was all about "Random Informal Thoughts", hopefully this post changed your mind.