He also threw the fastest fastball of all major league starters in 2006, averaging 95.2 miles per hour.

Wagner (4-2), whose 16 losses led all major league starters last season, was overpowering for the fourth time in his six starts.

He threw the fastest fastball of all major league starters in 2002, averaging 94.9 miles per hour.

His swinging strikeout rate of 13% is highest of all active major league starters since 2008.

His four-seamer has the smallest amount of "rise," or vertical break, among all major league starters since 2007.

"I have never seen a team that had seven major league starters," Cashen admitted, "but you can never have enough pitching."

The 42% whiff rate on his slider is one of the best among major league starters.

His 67.6% first-strike-percentage was the highest among major league starters.

He does, after all, have only the second-lowest earned run average among major league starters.

Batters also made contact with his pitches 91.3% of the time that they swung at them, easily the highest percentage among major league starters.