For the last few months, Miguel Batista (tonight's starter against Cleveland) and Ted Lilly have been giving Blue Jays fans something we haven't had in quite awhile: the confidence that the team will win a start behind a pitcher other than Roy Halladay. Remember what it was like, back in the day, to expect a quality start, not just hope for one? It's a good feeling, and the Jays are slowly getting it back. Tonight, Batista is facing former hot prospect and current journeyman Scott Elarton. Not many pitchers increase their HRs-allowed rate after leaving Coors Field, but that's what Elarton has done after coming to the Indians a couple of months ago. At least he's got his ERA down to 7.65 from the 9.80 he left Denver with. Remember the THASTAPP rule, folks: there's hardly any such thing as a pitching prospect.
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