Gorzelanny is blowing me away...

...so much so that I'll even bother to make sure to spell his name right from now on.

It just goes to show you how useless Spring Training can be. This March, Tom Gorzelanny was 0-2 with an ERA of 7.96 over 26 innings. In the regular season so far, he is 2-0 with a 1.33 ERA over 20.1 innings. It looks like the Pirates have among the best 1-2-3 top of the rotation in MLB. We have a good bullpen and our 4 and 5 men will get by. Gorzelanny, who looks like a bonafied ACE out there so far, should really be 3-0 right now. Unfortunately...

...we have among the worst, if not the worst hitting in the National League so far. We are not being helped very much by The New Guy, who hit a three-run homer today to raise his batting average to a dazzling .116. In forty-three at-bats, he has an impressively bad FIVE HITS. The worst part about this stat? There are only seven other Pirates who have bested him.

Now, a week ago I said that I wouldn't call The New Guy by his real name until he came up with a big hit. The three run homer to break the game open this afternoon qualifies, but the guy's hitting freaking .116. So I'm changing the rules and compromising. Until he is hitting at least .250, The New Guy will now be known as La New Guy.

Get it?