Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Kevin Brown Wins
Two Ask Rotoman columns ago at mlb.com I suggested that Kevin Brown’s problems were looking dangerous, if not fatal, in the short run.
But before I could special him he pitched a good game against the hapless A’s, earned a win, and I noticed his next game was against the A’s, so I kept him up. He got another win. Then I noticed his next game was against the Mets at Shea, which seemed like a fair matchup. Now he’s won three straight.
The interesting thing about tonights game is he pitched more. He had been approaching each hitter like it was batting practice, throw it in the zone and hope they hit it at someone. With the Yankees sadly maladapted defense it had better be right at them, too. But tonight he walked guys and he struck them out. And while the Yankees’ dee let him down, the Mets was its equal.
It’s too soon to say Brown is okay. He’s won three games against teams that can be pitched to. But I’m going to keep him active, since he’s pitching against the very average Tigers in Yankee Stadium. I not, however, confident.