Found September 15, 2009 on Big League Stew:
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Let it be known and let it be said, I am officially throwing in the towel on trying to figure out Atlanta's Javier Vazquez(notes). Is he a top-of-the-line ace with top-of-the-line stuff and the only pitcher in baseball to win more than 10 or more games in each year from 2000 to 2009? Is he an inconsistent hurler who maddeningly mixes brilliance with mediocrity when it counts and ends up getting passed between five teams in seven seasons? I honestly have no idea and guess that Vazquez doesn't know himself, either. Over the past decade, there isn't anyone in the sport that comes close to being a bigger mystery man. He's a baseball chameleon.Of course, there's no doubt which pitcher Vazquez has been this season. On Monday, he was named the NL player of the week after two great starts against the Astros and Cardinals. He's a fringe Cy Young candidate with a 13-9 record and 3.01 ERA and needs 25 more strikeouts to set a career high (he's currently at 216, whi...
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