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The question here is Will Oswalt continue to vulture wins?

ESPN.com: MLB Boxscore: Houston vs. Chicago Cubs

The best antecedant I could come up with, Scott Elarton in 1999, won 5 games in the first half of the year, when he pitched in relief (I don’t have the breakdown, so it’s possible only 4 of those wins came as a reliever–he made his first start July 3).

In both of Oswalt’s wins this week he came into a close game in the middle innings and threw 2 or 3 shutout innings, during which time the Astros’ potent offense put him ahead.

He’s gone in all but the wackiest of NL only leagues, but if you need a safe (and possibly productive) haven in your mixed league, you could do a lot worse than Oswalt.

It should be noted that the 23 year old Elarton partially tore his rotator cuff in 1999 after being made a starter. Oswalt is a similar age, not that there’s anything wrong with that.