In keeping with our game plan of acknowledging good pitchers and avoiding bad pitchers during their GOOD and BAD months of the season, below is the list of arms to watch throughout the month of June. Note that the W-L records are those of the team in which the listed pitcher started over the previous three seasons.

Herein, I present a list of the BEST and WORST pitcher performance records during the month of June over the past three years.

And oh yeah, hey peanut man, toss over a bag my way. Enjoy...

JUNE GOOD MONTH PITCHERS:
Brian Bannister 9-3 (Royals), Jeremy Bonderman 8-3 (Detroit), Mark Buerhle 11-5 (White Sox), Dan Haren 13-4 (Arizona), Felix Hernandez 12-2 (Seattle), John Lackey 11-4 (LA Angels), Cliff Lee 11-4 (Cleveland), Ricky Nolasco 7-3 (Florida), Kevin Slowey 9-3 (Minnesota), Justin Verlander 12-4 (Detroit), Chien-Ming Wang 12-3 (NY Yankees), Chris Young 8-2 (San Diego).

JUNE BAD MONTH PITCHERS:
Daniel Cabrera 5-12 (Washington), Shawn Hill 2-8 (San Diego), Tim Hudson 5-12 (Atlanta), Oliver Perez 4-12 (NY Mets).

Note: Marc Lawrence is a 30-year veteran handicapper. He finished No.1 (88-63 +25.7 Net Units) in MLB during the 2007 season as documented by Sports Watch in Las Vegas.