I'm sure in the entire history of the MLB, someone may have had a better first week as a starting pitcher than Josh Winder had last week. However, his first outing was as good as or better than many from this list of "Best Debuts in Baseball History". On May 1st, Winder threw 6 scoreless innings in his first career start. He struck out 7 batter and gave up only 2 hits and 1 walk.
Then, on May 6th, Winder threw another humdinger of a game in his second career start. He went another 6 innings with no runs scored, 8 strikeouts, only 3 hits and no walks.
Winder ended the week with 2 wins, 2 quality starts, a 0.00 ERA and 0.72 WHIP. I think it's clear he had the best week of any starting pitcher--much less rookie pitcher.
Even though those were the first two starts of his career, Winder had made some appearances earlier in the season as a relief pitcher. His stats for the season are pretty impressive. In 22.1 innings pitched he has a 1.61 ERA and a 0.72 WHIP.
Congratulations, Josh Winder! You are my MLBoyfriend of the week. Thanks for throwing such great games for my Twinkies.
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