Harang, Chen, Harrison...not exactly names that come to mind when we think of aces but if the Cy Young voting occurred right now these guys would be far ahead of the likes of Cliff Lee, Felix Hernandez and Francisco Liriano.
Unexpected hot starts in baseball happen every year, but just like everyone else who's started hot, from Barack Obama to Britney Spears, it's not where you start, but where you finish.
This young baseball season has seen its fair share of strong starts. Some were expected (CC Sabathia, Roy Halladay), some I suspect are guys starting to get it (Justin Masterson) and some are guys in the beginnings of special careers (Trevor Cahill).
Then there's a whole other group of guys. These are pitchers who we know well enough to know what they are. They're flying high, soaring through the first few weeks of the season, but the crash is inevitable.
More than any other sport, things tend even out in baseball in due time. Even though the flameout will be harder for some of these guys, they'll all come back to Earth before too long.
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