He is now 3-2 with a 1.74 earned run average and a 1.13 walks plus hits per innings pitched. He has allowed 23 hits and 12 walks with 39 strikeouts in 31 innings pitched, excellent.

I tend to view WHIP, or walks plus hits per innings pitched, as my preferred method for gauging pitching quality. Baseball can be both easy and difficult to quantify as some statistics carry a lot ...

There has been talk around the Rays about four position players being deserving of at least consideration for spots on the American League All-Star team — Jonathan Aranda, Junior Caminero, Yandy Diaz ...

In four-plus innings pitched, he allowed two earned runs on two hits and five walks while striking out three. He threw 57% of his 81 pitches for strikes. He went back out for the fifth inning but ...