So I'm looking today at a preview of the NLCS game tonight and I've always really liked Roy Oswalt and considered him underrated, especially now with Roger Clemens on the same staff, but I never realized how good he really is. With his win in the ALDS against the Braves he got his 20th win on the season for a second straight year. And with Clemens' remarkable ERA of 1.87 this year, Oswalt's own outstanding ERA of 2.94 has gone unnoticed. Oswalt is not a particularly outspoken player; he just goes out every fifth day and gives his team a quality start. He threw for less than 6 innings only three times this season while he threw for at least 8 innings 10 times and tallied 4 complete games. He received a spot on the All-Star team for the first time this year, by way of the fan vote, hopefully signaling that baseball fans are starting to notice his outstanding achievements. Although he's paired on a staff with arguably the best pitcher of our generation, Roy Oswalt certainly deserves more notoriety for the success he's had over his first 5 years in the major leagues.