The Diamondbacks' Brandon Webb scattered six hits and did not walk a butter as he threw his first complete game shutout of the season on Thursday night to move to 8-0 on the season.  He became the first pitcher to win his first eight starts since Jon Garland of the Chicago White Sox in 2005 and the first in the NL since Pedro Martinez for Montreal in 1997, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Webb has been nearly unhittable all season and is the clear front-runner for the NL Cy Young through the first month plus. He has logged 56 innings and allowed only 40 hits and 16 walks in that span while posting a 2.41 ERA. 

Arizona is blessed to have him and now they must try to lock him up. Webb turns 29 on Friday and after compiling a 42-18 record over the past three years, the D-Backs are going to have to buck up to keep baseball's best pitcher (sorry Johan Santana).

Webb is one of baseball's biggest bargains, or one of the most underpaid depending on the perspective, but the Diamondbacks are trying to work out a new deal.

He is scheduled to make $5.5 million this season as part of a four-year contract that originally guaranteed him $19.5 million and potentially is worth $27.5 million over five seasons. He is due $6.5 million next year, and the Diamondbacks have an $8.5 million option for 2010 with a $1.5 million buyout.