CC Sabathia = AL Cy Young

[rocket]

According to the Mike Tirico show. Edited November 13, 2007 by rocket

[Derwood]

suck it Beckett!

[Lockes Eye Scar]

WTF?

[pitchcs]

My vote would have gone to CC.

[ISUCubsFan]

Wow, surprised that the writers didn't fall into the 20 wins trap with Beckett. Not that Beckett would be a terrible choice, but CC had similar numbers and 40 more IP. You could make a case for Fausto or Lackey too I guess.

[seanimal]

I thought Fausto was better but CC was pretty good too.

[javy knows my name]

I thought Fausto was better but CC was pretty good too.

I think CC was given the award on Fausto's behalf as well. Really, though, I thought they'd split more votes and Beckett would win easily

[imb]

Sabathia led AL pitchers in VORP

[Derwood]

Sabathia led AL pitchers in VORP

 

yeah, cuz that's what the voters based it on.

 

blind squirrels, meet nuts

[Post Count Padder]

He was as equally deserving as Beckett.

[Soul]

He was as equally deserving as Beckett.

 

In that case, the voting should have been fairly close. Since it wasn't, I'm wondering what the overriding factor was that made CC garner so many more votes.

 

I agree based on the reg season CC was a solid choice.

[Careless]

He was as equally deserving as Beckett.

 

In that case, the voting should have been fairly close. Since it wasn't, I'm wondering what the overriding factor was that made CC garner so many more votes.

 

I agree based on the reg season CC was a solid choice.

He pitched 20% more innings

Edited November 14, 2007 by Careless

[apete6]

Phil Rogers (wrongly) making an argument for John Lackey:

 

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/cs-071113rogers,1,1416741.column?coll=cs-home-headlines

[Yanksfan1523]

I agree the voting should have been closer. CC is grateful the voting is done before the ALCS. This should have been as close as NL ROY.

[rocket]

For the sake of argument, I put together a simple formula to compare the top four Cy Young vote-getters. It ranks them among each other in victories, losses, ERA, innings and strikeouts. Because I think ERA is the most important, I've given it twice the weight. That formula gives Sabathia a slight edge over Lackey and a significant edge over Beckett and Carmona, who would be tied for third.

 

If you weighed ERA three times as heavily as the other four stats, you would have a tie between Sabathia and Lackey, with Beckett dropping to a clear fourth.

 

Sabathia's edge over the other guys comes down to leading the league innings and strikeouts. That achievement may have contributed to the Indians not going to the World Series, as Sabathia and Carmona clearly wore down during the championship series against Boston. Beckett looked the freshest of the Cy Young contenders in October—no wonder; he barely threw 200 innings during the regular season, the lowest total.

 

 

let's hope rogersmetrics doesn't catch on like sabremetrics.