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In keeping with our game plan of acknowledging good pitchers and avoiding bad pitchers during their GOOD and BAD months of the season, below is the list of arms to watch throughout the month of June. Note that the W-L records are those of the team in which the listed pitcher started over the previous three seasons.
Herein, I present a list of the BEST and WORST pitcher performance records during the month of June over the past three years.
And oh yeah, hey peanut man, toss over a bag my way. Enjoy...
JUNE GOOD MONTH PITCHERS:
American League
Brian Bannister - Kansas City: 9-3
Jeremy Bonderman - Detroit: 8-3
Mark Buerhle - White Sox: 11-5
Felix Hernandez - Seattle: 12-2
John Lackey - Anaheim: 11-4
Cliff Lee - Cleveland: 11-4
Kevin Slowey - Minnesota: 9-3
Justin Verlander - Detroit: 12-4
Chien-Ming Wang - NY Yankees: 12-3
National League
Dan Haren - Arizona: 13-4
Rick Nolasco - Florida: 7-3
Chris Young - San Diego: 8-2
JUNE BAD MONTH PITCHERS:
National League
Daniel Cabrera - Washington: 5-12
Shawn Hill - San Diego: 2-8
Tim Hudson - Atlanta: 5-12
Oliver Perez - N.Y. Mets: 4-12