James McDonald Pirates.. 8 K's no hits through 5 against Nationals

miconelegacy

He is throwing some nasty pitches. It is only through 2 innings, just thought I'd let you know. Could be something special tonight.

RookieWax

I picked him up in my fantasy baseball league a few weeks ago. He was a top prospect with the Dodgers a few years ago and he reminds me a bit of Pedro Martinez.

digicat

9 up, 9 down, 7 strikeouts.

Now that everyone's had a look at him, lets see how well he does going through the order a 2nd time.

gemint

9 k's through 4 innings, no hits!

NickM

McDonald has some wicked stuff.
You can thank Ned Colletti for him - because apparently a mediocre-at-best old journeyman reliever (Octavio Dotel) with a hefty contract for a team barely in contention at the trade deadline was worth a highly rated rookie starter and another decent prospect.
Some writers consider that the single worst trade of the past several years, because it made no sense even at the time.

Nick

miconelegacy

I just saw him go through the first few batters and his stuff looked Awesome. He took a no-no into the 7th back in April.

Pitching great, let's see if Harper can hit him second time through.

digicat

5 ip, 0 hits, 1 walk, 10 strikeouts.

The balls that were put in play for outs were hammered though.

dennis07

...... Edited to remove any mention of the no hitter. Dang, I did it again.

mgugs46

Well so much for that

digicat

Wow, that didn't end well.

thriller13

<< <i>Wow, that didn't end well. >>



What happened, did they trade him to the Yankees for prospects before the game ended?

digicat

Well, he got the W, but in terms of the no-no everyone was hoping to see, no.

5 no-hit innings, then the dive: double, double, ground out, strikeout, 2 run single, RBI triple, DONE