AL Cy Young?

[tinfoilxtouch]

Cliff Lee obviously wins if he is half this good from this point out. Since I doubt that, I think Kazmir would be the obvious choice if he stays healthy- he obviously is the best while on the mound right now besides Lee. All that said, it almost certainly will be Wang or Beckett- both should have 17-20 wins, Wang is way overrated in the mainstream media, and Beckett is still riding the hype from last year.

[mweir145]

cliff lee has started to come back to earth and he won't stop falling either. dicek was my pick at the beginning of the season and i'm still sticking with him despite the dl stint.

Lee has come back to earth? You mean he won't pitch with an ERA in the 1's all season long? People, Lee had a couple so-so starts. So what? It happens to everybody. But its not like he got bombed. Anyway, I just think people are mad they didn't grab Lee when they had the chance and he went to other owners. The pessimism seems like sour grapes.

Lee had a 1.40 WHIP in May, and in June he's had poor numbers in 2 starts so far. He is coming back to earth, and fairly quickly at that. He still has a good K/BB and HR/9, however.

[mweir145]

Kazmir is actually a whole 50 innings pitched behind Halladay right now, and that number is only likely to increase as the season goes along. How much would something like that come into play if their wins/ERA were similar at the end?

[zhutou]

cliff lee has started to come back to earth and he won't stop falling either. dicek was my pick at the beginning of the season and i'm still sticking with him despite the dl stint.

Lee has come back to earth? You mean he won't pitch with an ERA in the 1's all season long? People, Lee had a couple so-so starts. So what? It happens to everybody. But its not like he got bombed. Anyway, I just think people are mad they didn't grab Lee when they had the chance and he went to other owners. The pessimism seems like sour grapes.

lol keep telling yourself that buddy. i wouldn't touch the guy with a ten foot pole. pretty obvious you own lee too.

[Matthias]

Kazmir is actually a whole 50 innings pitched behind Halladay right now, and that number is only likely to increase as the season goes along. How much would something like that come into play if their wins/ERA were similar at the end?

Pretty significantly, actually. I remember last year with Sabathia and Beckett having similar wins/ERA (19-7 vs. 20-7 and 3.21 vs. 3.27) a number of sportswriters I read said that the difference for them was that Sabathia was more of a workhorse for his team (241 IP vs. 200 2/3).

I think there's also a flavor to the Cy Young that it's who "dominated" the league the most so K's have a minor factor into the decision, but only if there's a gross disparity between the two.

[Tavish]

Pretty much a toss-up right now for me between Marcum, Santana, and Lee. Still a long ways to go and probably 6 or 7 other guys I could see being a part of the discussion.

[flloyd]

Kazmir is actually a whole 50 innings pitched behind Halladay right now, and that number is only likely to increase as the season goes along. How much would something like that come into play if their wins/ERA were similar at the end?

Pretty significantly, actually. I remember last year with Sabathia and Beckett having similar wins/ERA (19-7 vs. 20-7 and 3.21 vs. 3.27) a number of sportswriters I read said that the difference for them was that Sabathia was more of a workhorse for his team (241 IP vs. 200 2/3).

I think there's also a flavor to the Cy Young that it's who "dominated" the league the most so K's have a minor factor into the decision, but only if there's a gross disparity between the two.

Yeah, that's exactly what I was going to say.

[flloyd]

Kazmir sadly will not win it because he plays in Tampa and honestly we do not get any respect because of it.
He has a good shot but keep that in mind.

So my pick to win it is Beckett. but most deserving in the end i think will be Kazmir.

That's ridiculous. Tampa has never got any respect because they have never earned any. And even how lousy they have been over the years people have still always talked up their up-and-comers. Now they have finally turned the corner and fans and writers are definitely giving them their due props. SI, ESPN, etc have all run articles about how great they're doing and they're the real deal. And I really don't think being on Tampa is going to negatively affect Kazmir's chances. Look at Minnesota and Oakland, they're both small market teams that have earned a ton of respect and CY/MVP awards because they play great as a team and have great individuals. As long as Kazmir keeps this up and Tampa plays winning ball he can definitely join Santana, Morneau, Giambi, Zito, Tejada, etc as an award winner on a small market team. As long as Tampa/Kazmir earn respect they'll be shown some respect.

[The Artful Dodger]

For me, Halladay is the frontrunner, but I'd throw in Marcum, Ervin Santana, and Cliff Lee. It should be interesting how missing out the first month and assuming he's healthy and up to form, if Kazmir comes out with the Cy. On pure form, I think he would.

[Matthias]

Kazmir sadly will not win it because he plays in Tampa and honestly we do not get any respect because of it.
He has a good shot but keep that in mind.

Not that this has anything, really, to do with the AL Cy Young but it reminded me of this comment and I thought it was funny (via FJM)....
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