Stepping Up

People talk about how the great players step up to help their team out of a slump. Clearly, Grady Sizemore is a great player.

The performance Grady has unloaded the last two games has been amazing. Someone was going to have to take this team on their back to get it going again and he did just that. Just when you think he can't be any more impressive, he proves you wrong.

And, of course, let's not forget back to back pitching performances from Jake and C.C. While C.C. wasn't as sharp as normal, he still controlled the game. And while Jake got only his second win of the year, this was yet another step towards where he needs to be.

It's nice to be in first again.

That said, today should be interesting. Garza OWNED us last week, but we were definitely in a hitting slump then as well. Aaron Laffey is making his first start in the Majors, which should be interesting. Looking at the match-up in the rest of this story, I'd say this is the game we should be most concerned about.

How about that bullpen last night? Three innings of no-hit ball, one walk, three K's, and that's without using Perez.

Speaking of which, Kansas City dealt Dotel for Kyle Davies from Atlanta. Davies made his first start today, not just giving up A-Rod's 500 homer, but only lasting three innings and giving up five earned runs.

Yeah, that was a better deal than getting Ben Francisco.