AL Cy Young- Breaking down the contenders

[Mephistopheles]

I wasn't talking about PERA, I was talking about FIP. There are several different peripheral ERAs.

 

 

it's similarly absurd to suggest that we should simply ignore this when considering a pitcher's relative success in a particular season.

 

I understand what you're saying but we should at least account for some of the pure luck and we should account for defense, but if you're not going to adjust those things you shouldn't used earned run average, you should use run average or even better fair RA.

 

I guess you'd also want to try to add "clutchiness" or whatever they have at fangraphs to the MVP award. Better yet, why don't we take the next step for starters and use WPA to analyze them. Even better, let's just give the award to a closer because in WPA there's simply no chance that a starter is more valuable than a closer. Eh, whatever. I don't agree with it, but there's enough room in the world for both schools of thought.