Cliff Lee

[Millhouse]

He's pulling a Clemens on us.

Fixed.

[brock middlebrook]

Looking at gameday it looks like he getting guys out by throwing mostly 91 MPH fastballs with a 3-5 inch break

[J35J]

Looking at gameday it looks like he getting guys out by throwing mostly 91 MPH fastballs with a 3-5 inch break

Tell me about it....last nights game was more to do about how awful KCs offense is then how good Lee pitched. Lee threw about 85% fastballs last night that ranged from 90-93 and we couldn't do a single thing about it! I'd sell high as fast as I could if I owned Lee....he's got avg stuff whose going on a nice streak....see what you can get for him!

[JoshExley]

Honestly, I could care less WHO he has faced. 4 starts and NO ONE is hitting him. Call OAK, MIN, and KC what you will, but these are still major leaguers and if Lee is mediocre, they should be making contact. No one is.

I think he really did sell his soul...

He was 4th in CY voting in 2005. He's a headcase, but he's hungry.
Now, I don't expect the guy to keep it up, but like McLouth - who I still don't buy into- let's give him some love.

[Yoda]

The thing with pitchers is that so many have had a fluky good season. He is showing an excellent K rate thus far with a strong command: combination that will help maintain excellent overall numbers. Plus he faced a very patient OAK team back to back games and they did very little against him.

Obviously he won't maintain his current pace but he did post great numbers in 05 and he is coming off a disaster season so he definitely has the desire thing going.

[Russell James]

Lee has always had great stuff. Like some already mentioned he had a great 05 season and then proceeded to have 2 disappointing season, one due to injury. Last year he was angry when he was sent down to Buffalo, but it looks as if he is returning to his old form.

Then again he could be this years Capuano.

[duckbillgates]

He'll be facing some tough offenses soon enough so we'll get a real taste, but he looked really, really good last night. His fastball won't blow batters away but it had great movement and he was moving it all around the strikezone at will. I'd take that over a guy throwing 96 without movement any day.

It seems the skepticism is too high to get high enough value back in trade, so I guess Lee owners can just enjoy the ride. And if he gets dropped after his first bad outing (which he will), I would probably snatch him up.