Foul Ball
Playing Favorites
Josh Briggs
Issue date: 11/23/09 Section: Sports
Ok let's think about this for a minute and let me run something by you.
Here are three pitchers' stats but no names at this point.
Pitcher A's stats for the 2009 Major League Baseball season went like this: Record: 15-7, ERA: 2.48, Games started: 32, Shutouts: 2, Innings Pitched: 225.1 and Strikeouts: 261.
Not a bad year, wouldn't you say?
Pitcher B's 2009 stats: Record: 19-8 (tied for most wins the Majors), ERA: 2.63, Games started: 34, Complete games: 1, Innings pitched: 233, Strikeouts: 212.
Now for the final pitcher's stats for 2009: Record: 17-4, ERA: 2.24 (led the National League in ERA), Complete games: 3, Shutouts: 1, Strikeouts: 194.2.
If you were a part of the MLB voting committee and were choosing this year's Cy Young Award winner, who would it be?
Number one, two or three.
Well by the looks of thing, number one is probably out in many cases but would maybe get five first place votes at the most.
Number two would have a really good chance at winning it with his Major's leading 19 wins and a very good ERA. Not to mention that he tossed 212 strikeouts in only 34 starts. Pitcher two would probably total around 10-12 first place votes.
But pitcher three had arguably the best season of all three pitchers in contention for the award.
With a nice record of 17-4 and the NL's lowest ERA, along with three complete games in only 192.2 innings, he should be the front runner for the award.
Not to mention that he missed nearly all of the 2007 and 2008 seasons with a shoulder injury.
Now for the names of the players and the teams that they represent.
Number one plays for the San Francisco Giants and was the only leader on the team that went nowhere: Tim Lincecum.
Pitchers two and three both play for the St. Louis Cardinals and had two of the best seasons in their careers and also where the two best pitchers in the NL leading the Cardinals to the NL Central crown and on to the playoffs: Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainright.
Here are three pitchers' stats but no names at this point.
Pitcher A's stats for the 2009 Major League Baseball season went like this: Record: 15-7, ERA: 2.48, Games started: 32, Shutouts: 2, Innings Pitched: 225.1 and Strikeouts: 261.
Not a bad year, wouldn't you say?
Pitcher B's 2009 stats: Record: 19-8 (tied for most wins the Majors), ERA: 2.63, Games started: 34, Complete games: 1, Innings pitched: 233, Strikeouts: 212.
Now for the final pitcher's stats for 2009: Record: 17-4, ERA: 2.24 (led the National League in ERA), Complete games: 3, Shutouts: 1, Strikeouts: 194.2.
If you were a part of the MLB voting committee and were choosing this year's Cy Young Award winner, who would it be?
Number one, two or three.
Well by the looks of thing, number one is probably out in many cases but would maybe get five first place votes at the most.
Number two would have a really good chance at winning it with his Major's leading 19 wins and a very good ERA. Not to mention that he tossed 212 strikeouts in only 34 starts. Pitcher two would probably total around 10-12 first place votes.
But pitcher three had arguably the best season of all three pitchers in contention for the award.
With a nice record of 17-4 and the NL's lowest ERA, along with three complete games in only 192.2 innings, he should be the front runner for the award.
Not to mention that he missed nearly all of the 2007 and 2008 seasons with a shoulder injury.
Now for the names of the players and the teams that they represent.
Number one plays for the San Francisco Giants and was the only leader on the team that went nowhere: Tim Lincecum.
Pitchers two and three both play for the St. Louis Cardinals and had two of the best seasons in their careers and also where the two best pitchers in the NL leading the Cardinals to the NL Central crown and on to the playoffs: Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainright.
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