Much has been said about the perfect game by Dallas Braden perfect game coming out of nowhere. However, the young Oakland Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden has been playing like someone A-Rod should have heard about even before the mound crossing incident and the perfect game that would follow.
Desoite what Rodriguez would have you think, Braden is actually a pitcher worth knowing. Flying under the radar in Oakland he has quietly gone about becoming one of the better young pitchers around. His minor league numbers were solid including a 2.68 career Triple A era while striking out nearly 10 per nine innings.
Through 7 starts in 2010 his ERA sits at 3.33with a WHIP below 1.00 while showing superb control. Braden has only been beat up on once this season and that was by the Tampa Bay Rays, the team he would eventually pitch his perfect game against.
Still only 26, Braden should team with Brett Anderson, Trevor Cahill, and Gio Gonzalez to form once of the better young rotations in baseball sometime in the not too distant future.
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