On Thursday night at U.S. Cellular Field, the White Sox enjoyed another tour de force from their slender left-handed ace, Chris Sale. On Friday night, the Cubs will trot out their front-of-the-rotation thoroughbred righty, Jake Arrieta, in San Francisco against the Giants, who've won eight games in a row.
How good have these guys been? Let's start with the numbers, which are becoming historic with seemingly every pitch and don't really seem like they're going to stop any time soon.