Was that A.J. Burnett?

by user Jay Bic

A.J. Burnett, notorious for landing on the DL and stinking up my beloved Marlins, came to the Blue Jays in the offseason, as many of you know. Since then, he has only started four games and, until last night, was held winless.

Last night, Burnett displayed complete confidence in his pitching and that translated into pure dominance over the helpless Washington Nationals squad. Burnett pitched a complete game, allowing six hits, no runs, no walks, and striking out seven.

Not good enough for ya? He retired 17 of the last 18 batters he faced en route to his first win of the season (1-1). Washington manager Frank Robinson was quoted as saying, "I don't know what the plan of attack was. I don't know if we have one. If there was one, we didn't care it out very well." (CBSSPORTSLINE.COM)

If you get an opportunity to watch the highlights of this game, please do. He threw untouchable sliders and sinkers that made grown men look like 8 year old little leaguers.

So for those of you that play fantasy baseball, I'd put him in my lineup for his next start (July 2).