tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13718554.post414068828646944294..comments2023-10-10T03:21:23.580-04:00Comments on Motown Sports Revival: Worst Cy Young Winners (NL)Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208921021297172480noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13718554.post-22023800999154716102008-09-07T16:23:00.000-04:002008-09-07T16:23:00.000-04:00JM,Thanks for the comments. Cliff Lee has been so ...JM,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comments. Cliff Lee has been so good this year—and most importantly over the last month—that I no longer fear K-Rod winning the Cy Young. You are right on about K-Rod’s season. It hasn’t been that good. His ERA+ has been pretty bad all season and, as you mentioned, he’s not even one of the three best closers in the AL, let alone pitchers. Lee’s season has been one of the best of this era. 190 ERA+!!! He should be the unanimous winner.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16208921021297172480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13718554.post-43333114286149382512008-09-07T01:56:00.000-04:002008-09-07T01:56:00.000-04:00First off, excellent post. Quite an interesting re...First off, excellent post. Quite an interesting read. It's amazing that voters continue to give so much weight to a stat for which a pitcher is usually less than half responsible.<BR/><BR/>Regarding K-Rod:<BR/><BR/>I don't think he's even the best closer in the AL this season. He's well behind Mariano Rivera, Jonathan Papelbon and Joe Nathan in WHIP and ERA+ and he's got more walks (30) than the other three combined (29). He's gonna break the save record mainly because he's had such a ridiculous number of save opportunities.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05107889842675897393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13718554.post-2801355247308939662008-08-14T14:41:00.000-04:002008-08-14T14:41:00.000-04:00Anonymous, First, thanks for the comments. Lee is ...Anonymous, <BR/><BR/>First, thanks for the comments. Lee is making a pretty solid case right now but I do agree that K-Rod at least deserves a look. If he continues to sputter like he has recently, this will be moot. I don't have a problem with closers winning the Cy Young. I just think if they are going to win, they better have phenomenal seasons. K-Rod's season has been pretty good but Lee beats him in a straight-up comparison of ERA+. Lee will have pitched 150 more innings and has a better WHIP and a ridiculous winning percentage. If K-Rod wins with his current numbers over Lee, then I would add that vote to the worst of all-time. If K-Rod breaks that record, he could definitely win and that would be unfortunate.<BR/><BR/>I'll do a similar post for Worst MVP Winners in the next week or two.<BR/><BR/>Take care!<BR/><BR/>JakeJakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16208921021297172480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13718554.post-42440733752370636372008-08-14T00:22:00.000-04:002008-08-14T00:22:00.000-04:00Voters obsess over wins and losses more than they ...Voters obsess over wins and losses more than they should. I agree that ERA+ should be weighed more heavily, but if there are historic years, then I don't think those pitchers should be snubbed. For instance K-Rod this year is very likely to win the Cy Young (even though Cliff Lee deserves it more at this point), but if he smashes the saves record by 8-10 saves, shouldn't he deserve some recognition especially if other closers have won the Cy Young in past years?<BR/><BR/>Great post. Can you do Worst MVP Winners too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com