The first week of the MLB season is in the books, and what a week it was. It started with a surprise, to some. The playoff contenders from the last couple of seasons, Yankees, Red Sox, White Sox,Cubs, Angels, and Twins get off to slow starts. Other up and coming teams are getting off to hot starts like the Rays, Orioles, Blue Jays, Marlins, Mariners, Braves, and Padres. The defending champion Philadelphia Phillies lost two out of three to division foes, the Atlanta Braves. Last year’s AL Cy Young Winner Clif Lee, is lost his first two starts. Which is very surprising since he only lost three games all of last season. The runner up for the AL Cy Young, Boston starting pitcher Daiskue Matsuzka also known as Dice K also has gotten off to a slow start as well. Losing his first game of the season, and in his second start he got pulled after one inning allowing five hits and five earned runs. Newly acquired Yankee pitcher A.J. Burnett looked very impressive in his first start as a Yankee. Leading them to an 11-2 win, pitching 5 innings, allowing 7 hits, 2 earned runs and striking out 6. His teammate C.C. Sebathia was not so impressive in his Yankee debut. Going 4 innings, allowing 8 hits, 5 walks, and 6 earned runs. The Cardinals saw some action from there star pitcher Chris Carpenter, who had to sit out last season due to injury. In his first game back got the win, pitched 7 innings, walked 2, allowed 1 hit and 1 earned run, while striking out 7. This baseball season looks to be a good one with all the new upcoming teams around the league, I can’t wait until October.
