Detroit Tigers Links: Jordan Zimmermann is the best player in baseball

Tigers starter Jordan Zimmermann is unequivocally the best player in baseball. At least, according to Dayn Perry at CBS Sports. And me. The best part? Feel free to start this argument with anyone you know. It's going to be impossible for them to refute this ranking.

Let's recap. Zimmermann just went 5-0 (hell of a feat in itself) with a 0.55 ERA, 23:7 strikeout-to-walk ratio and compiled a 2.0 WAR tied with Adam Eaton* for the highest in all of baseball. As a result he was named the AL Pitcher of the month. With the state of the rest of the rotation, he has been a godsend.

Zimmermann has been his usual self, pounding the strike zone, but also leveraging an increase use of his slider as a swing and miss pitch. Jarrod Saltalamacchia summed it up pretty well with "He's just feeling it."

The good news is amplified when you look at the comparable pitching signings this year. When framed against Mike Leake's $80 million or even Jeff Samardzija's $90 million (and the Shark is doing well), Zimmermann was a bargain. And don't get me started on Zach Greinke's $206 million. Poor Diamondbacks.

Of course, we are only 25 games into the season. The ERA will inevitably rise, and he's not going to win every start. But, for the first month of 2016, you can unequivocally rank Jordan Zimmermann as the best player in all of baseball.

*What in the ever loving hell is happening on the south side?

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