At the beginning of the season, my faith in Dice-k was very strong. I thought that he was a chemistry problem on the team, but still an incredibly good pitcher. 2008 he comes in 4th for Cy Young, with a very low ERA. The WBC messed him up last year, and it went downhill, but after he came back in the fall, he pitched incredibly well. Fans were giving it to him hard-- "he only goes 5 innings" (he was averaging about 6) or "he walks too many" (true, but a wins a win). I have never seen any pitcher better at stranding hitters on the bases.
This season, he's been inconsistently dominant. He's pitched two gems so far. But besides that, he's been great besides a few innings. The majority of his runs have happened in big inning situations. He usually gives up a lot of walks, but tonite he gave up none and threw like 80% strikes.
Dice-k is such an incredible wildcard at this point. Will he start dominating, or will he fail miserably?