Felix And The Cy Young
Dave · August 26, 2010 at 9:38 am · Filed Under Mariners
My new post for the guys at the Brock and Salk blog is up and deals with my thoughts on Felix and his chances at winning the Cy Young Award. For more thoughts in the subject, check out my post today over at Fangraphs as well.
Also, I am doing my segment with Brock and Salk tomorrow instead of our normal Thursday spot.
The ESPN Cy Young predictor, which I find interesting because often times it is right, has CC Sabathia winning. Felix in 10th place, and Cliff Lee not in the top 10.
Nice article. In terms of voting for the Cy Young, how much emphasis would you place on the numbers of innings pitched? Felix leads the league with 204.1 which is 30 more than Lee in fourth place with 174.2 IP. However, Lee has more innings per start (7.94!) than Felix (7.30).
It is hard to ignore Lee’s totals of 151K vs 11 BB on the season.
I was just focusing on trying to evaluate a pitcher’s rate performance, but yes, total innings need to be a factor.
Unless Cliff Lee falls flat on his face from here on out, it’s hard to see anyone else deserving the Cy Young. However that doesn’t mean the voters will necessarily give it to him…
I enjoyed both articles Dave – especially the one on FanGraphs. You made excellent points, and I must admit I hadn’t thought about it like that before.
I could be missing something, but is there a reason that Liriano isn’t in the discussion among the media, mainstream or not, for Cy Young?
Take into consideration that with a better offense, which we are dead last in, would make Felix’s record even better. Example the 2009 Zach Greinke Cy Young winner.
I have a feeling things may not work out quite that way.
Well, CC Sabathia leads Felix and Lee in all relevant categories:
-Number of wins (in New York)
-Number of strikeouts recorded (in New York)
-Number of balls in play fielded by Derek Jeter.
-Pitches thrown to Jorge Posada
Frankly, it’s not even close.
…seems like that’s exactly what’s happening, actually.