Coming from almost total obscurity, Karstens carried a perfect game with two outs into the 8th inning Wednesday, before Chris Young of Arizona broke it up with a double.
Karstens came over from the Yankees in the Xavier Nady/Damaso Marte deal and since, he has thrown 15 scoreless innings for the Pirates.
Before Wednesday, he was best known for throwing six scoreless innings in November as Team USA beat Mexico 3-0 to kick off World Cup play.
In fact, one fantasy web site called him nothing more than a poor man's Bronson Arroyo, which may be one of Arroyo's biggest compliment in years.
Karstens is probably nothing more than a journeyman-type pitcher, but he's showing the Yanks that they made a mistake by giving up on him so quick.
He showed promise in 2006, starting six games and finishing with a 3.80 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP.
But the 6-foot-3 righty showed no signs of flirting with perfection some 23 batters into a game.
Fantasy spin: Don't believe the hype, but if you need to fill a pitching hole (possibly for Joba Chamberlain, then jump on the Karstens bandwagon as there are plenty of good seats available still. Don't expect much in the way of wins (as he pitches for the Pirates) or strikeouts as Karstens has just 6 Ks in those 15 scoreless frames.
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