AL Cy Young

It's their fault their teams don't provide run support?

 

Riiiiiight. CC Sabathia, former Cy Young winner and best pitcher on the best team in baseball, is a joker.

Cliff Lee has 10 wins. King Felix has a losing record. I'm glad guys like Dick Whitman and JC are around to think they will win the Cy Young against guys like Sabathia and David Price because I make lots of money winning easy bets like this all the time.

 

I'm not saying they'll win, but if othere do, I don't think it will be right.

Who do you believe should win? What you seem to be saying is who you think will win because of Joe Morgan type writers who vote on this.

 

Right now it's between Price and Sabathia. Sabathia has the edge because he's on the Yankees, has the most wins, and is a previous winner. The only comparable pitcher is Jon Lester, who can win if he dominates the last six weeks and leads the Sawx past NY or TB for the playoffs.

Everyone else has flaws:

* Lee/Hernandez don't have the records.

* Carl Pavano and Clay Buchholz have the W/L record, but neither one has the flash -- both less than 100Ks. Buchholz leads the league in ERA, but Lester's the better pitcher and bigger name. Buchholz is no better than the anonymous Trevor Cahill, who is doing the same thing for the A's in obscurity.

*Relievers need an historic year to win it. Soriano is having as good a year as a guy with almost the same name, Soria.

No one else is in the discussion. Andy Pettitte might have been the favorite when he got hurt.

 

I was not incuding Lester and Buchholz because they will split the Boston vote. I think CC will be hurt by having two other top pitchers in the Northeast.

 

Sabathia usually finishes the season strong too, and he appears to be on a roll.

As long as the Yankees hit even a little bit, he's going to finish the season with 20 wins.

 

It's going to be fatboy C.C. Everyone else take a number.

 

There's a team vote?

 

Boston has 2 votes. just like every other city.

 

I understand that, I just don't know why it's assumed that the vote will be split.

 

Just human nature to vote for the players you see a lot.

That might give Lee and Felix a little bump since the western writers see them more.