With their ace, Eduardo Obando, lost for the rest of the season the first place L.A. Spinners are once again seeing 38-year old veteran right-hander Jason Wilson anchoring their rotation. Wilson, who was the 1969 MGL Pitcher of the Year and is a 3-time 20-game winner, has reeled off 5 straight wins and isn't showing any signs of slowing down in spite of no longer having much left in terms of stuff. He is a picture of guile and savvy.
For years Wilson was in the shadow of his former teammate (and current Brewer farmhand), the great Jose Santos, and more broadly he has been over-shadowed by the big two- Jake Harris and Cheol-han Lee- and now more recently by emergent young stars like Aaron McNally and Jim Norris. Yet Wilson just keeps chugging along, putting up impressive career numbers. He has only been an All-Star twice in his long career but with his apparent durability if he can put up a few more seasons like the one he is this year it will be hard to ignore him when it comes time for casting Hall-of-Fame ballots five years after he finally retires from the game.
If the Spinners can hold onto first place in the MGL, holding off the likes of Denver and Brooklyn, this man will surely be at the center of the success story.