Left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez, an eight-year MLB veteran, has flirted with a perfect game, posted a 0.43 ERA in his past six starts and consistently put the Detroit Tigers in a position to win games.
The 30-year-old ranks as the fourth-best pitcher in baseball since April 12, when his impressive six-start stretch began, with a 1.7 fWAR. He owns a 1.57 ERA and is worth 1.4 fWAR throughout eight starts this season.
He is pitching like an ace.
"I hope you ask me that the whole year," Rodriguez said Wednesday, after throwing seven scoreless innings in a 5-0 win, about his month-long spell of dominant performances.