1) I said in the very beginning of the year that the AL Cy Young would come from the AL Central and it would probably would be Zach Greinke (although, yes, I wasn't going oout on all that big of a limb at the time)
2) Here's why Greinke deserved to win it. The lead the AL in:
-ERA
-FIP (led all baseball)
-WHIP
-HR/9
-WAR
-Dollars (fangraph value stat)
Greinke threw the most effective fastball in the AL, the second most effective slider, thrown in with a fairly effective curveball and a decent change-up.
Greinke was second in the AL in strikeouts, 3rd in K/9, 2nd in K/BB with a slightly disadvantageous BABIP (.313).
Yes, Greinke ONLY got 16 wins, but let's be honest 1) wins are a worthless stat and 2) If the Royals weren't just a shade above being Washington Nationals bad, then he would have gotten like 25 wins.
I'm glad baseball writers are seemingly getting these big awards more and more right.
Sans a few starts,he was dominant all season and didn't need much run support to win.
ReplyDeletewhy did you steal DME's column and post it yourself?
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