The Toronto Blue Jays pulled out a 4-2 victory last night against the Chicago White Sox to extend their hot start this season.
But with last nights performance our eyes and our hopes just rose to a new level of excitement.
Ricky Romero showed his poise, his effectiveness and his swagger last night when he threw seven complete innings of no-hit baseball. It was broken when Romero hit White Sox batter A.J. Pierzynski and the next batter, former Blue Jay, Alex Rios was lucky enough to get a hanging changeup that he took over the left field wall.
One hit, two earned runs all conceived in the eighth inning at the Rogers Centre.
However it was how Romero was pitching, his performance wasn’t luck, he was throwing clean strikes, he had great control and he threw a great fastball and had good break on his off speed pitches. If Romero can continue to develop into the pitcher the Jays have hoped he be, he could soon be the ace of this struggle franchise.
Romero would be the pitcher the Jays now need after they departed Roy Halladay, this offseason, to the Philadelphia Phillies.
What makes this a great scenario for Romero is that he has taken some much criticism for underperforming. He is remember as the player taken ahead of Colorado Rockies allstar shortstop Troy Tulowitzki in the 2005 MLB draft. He can rebuild his stature and maybe bring a fan base back to the Roger Centre every time he pitches.
This kid, in my opinion, will be the ace shortly. Hopefully the Jays continue to ride this hot start out, because we all know they could use it to win fans back.
Mike Wobschall
April 14, 2010
