Andy Pettite goes for his 19th win tonight, both for the season and for his career agains the Baltimore Orioles. I find the treatment of Pettitte by the media interesting. He could easily win 20 games this year, but no one is touting him for Cy Young (correctly, I might add). Yet that is almost always a standard that is used for such discussions. He has a career .652 winning percentage. If you look at pitchers with 200 starts and 140 decisions, Pettitte ranks 15th all-time in winning percentage (just ahead of Ron Guidry). Yet know one talks about Pettitte as a potential Hall of Famer. Pettitte does what sports writers and the general public love so much, which is win. I'd like to think that people realize that Pettitte has weaknesses and part of the his record come from playing for a great team. (However, the Yankees winning percentage is .602 over Pettitte's career, so he's been better than average on a great team.) But that sort of thinking is in short supply when evaluating other pitchers, so I don't know why Pettitte's record doesn't get him more hype.

A good matchup in Boston tonight as Jorge Sosa faces Derek Lowe, both of whom have been pitching extremely well lately. Sosa has posted a 2.15 ERA over his last five starts; Lowe is at 2.51.

The tie will be broken in the AL Central tonight (barring rain) as Minnesota plays Cleveland while the Chicago White Sox are idle. Johan Santana takes the mound for the Twins. He's 6-0 in his last eight starts with a 2.24 ERA and has emerged as the ace of the Twins rotation. He'll be opposed by Jason Davis of Cleveland. The Twins do much better against righty starters than lefties, so it looks like there's a good chance of the Twins taking over first place in the Central tonight.

Finally, the Mariners have a good chance of breaking out of their offensive slump, as they travel to Texas to face Colby Lewis. They'll send Joel Pineiro to the mound, who hasn't pitched well lately either (5.01 ERA over his last five games). A-Rod has 17 HR in 56 games against his former team.

Enjoy!