By now you’ve heard about Ubaldo Jimenez throwing a no-hitter against the Atlanta Braves on Saturday. This isn’t one of those situations to dismiss right after reading. The hard throwing right hander from the Colorado Rockies is here to stay as one of the elite pitchers in baseball today.

If you hear experts talk about Jimenez you hear the same thing, he throws absolute gas. He was clocked as the fastest pitcher in the bigs last year with a 97 mph average fastball throughout the season. He registered a 3.47 ERA last season and was absolutely shut down in the second half. His scouting report in off the charts. Opponents hit in the .100′s against most of his pitches.

It’s time we welcome Ubaldo Jimenez to the big stage he is going to be an elite pitcher for a while as long as he stays healthy. Oh by the way, he does all of this in Colorado.