AL Cy Young

by Jeff Sullivan on Nov 8, 2005 12:23 PM PST in Regular News Comment 14 comments

21-game winner Bartolo Colon.

AL pitchers who were better than Colon this year, in order of FIP:

Johan Santana
John Lackey
Mark Buehrle
CC Sabathia
Kevin Millwood

AL pitchers who were better than Colon this year, in order of xFIP:

Johan Santana
Randy Johnson
John Lackey
Jake Westbrook
Dan Haren
CC Sabathia
Kevin Millwood
Mark Buehrle
David Wells
Jeremy Bonderman
Freddy Garcia

AL pitchers who were better than Colon this year, in order of ERA:

Kevin Millwood
Johan Santana
Mark Buehrle
Jarrod Washburn
John Lackey
Carlos Silva
Kenny Rogers

AL pitchers who were better than Colon this year, in order of wins:

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It is just like the gold gloves...

It is a bunch of crap is what it is, just like the all star selections...

by Grubbie on Nov 8, 2005 12:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

What'd I tell you!

It's based on "Winningest" pitcher...

Go M's! Mariners Morsels (aka Free George Sherrill).

by PositivePaul on Nov 8, 2005 12:58 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

But, then again...

I'm a bit confused. I thought I heard at lunch time that Santana and Rivera split it. I would've been OK with that.

Bad listening skills, I guess...

Go M's! Mariners Morsels (aka Free George Sherrill).

by PositivePaul on Nov 8, 2005 12:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Just like 2001

When Freddie should have won it over Clemens.

"To think about walking, that's not a good attitude to step into the batter's box with." --Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners outfielder

by AgentProvocateur on Nov 8, 2005 3:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Crap

Now if Andruw Jones wins NL MVP I'm going to personally kick everyone's ass who voted for him.

Do I Have to Love These Guys?

by Phildopip on Nov 8, 2005 1:16 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

You don't dig...

the longball???

by Grubbie on Nov 8, 2005 1:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Just goes to show

that the mainstream press still doesn't get it, and likely never will. The revolution has begun, but it's nowhere near over.

Visiting A's Fan - also see BtB

by salb918 on Nov 8, 2005 1:31 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Damn...

Millwood's really good, better than I originally thought. Put him in Safeco and see what kind of season he can put up. WTF is up with Lackey? I thought he was just a solid #3 in the Angels rotation.

by basebliman on Nov 8, 2005 2:37 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

just when i was impressed with the writers

on the ROY they go and shit out something like this.

Sigh

Who else but Quaqmire? giggity, giggity, giggity, giggity Let's Have SEX!!

by Goose on Nov 8, 2005 3:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

-sigh-

I guess he might make the HOF after all, if he has a few more years like this and gets some more hardware.

Incidentally, this is completely off-track, but I have a question about FIP and xFIP- if you take an entire league's FIP and/or xFIP (say, the FIP and xFIP for the American League in 2005), does it end up coming out to about what league ERA is?

by eponymous coward on Nov 8, 2005 3:26 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Very close, yes.

I'm pretty sure that's what the "league correction factor" they mention is for (which, they say, is generally around 3.2).

by Jeff Sullivan on Nov 8, 2005 3:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Obviously

John Kruk get a vote, and conveniently forgot about the White Sox.
The amount of food you can eat between starts is a prime criteria.

by Gomez on Nov 8, 2005 4:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

And he probably would of voted for

Randy Johnson too had he gotted those 30 victories that him and Harold Renolds swore all season long that he would get.

Who else but Quaqmire? giggity, giggity, giggity, giggity Let's Have SEX!!

by Goose on Nov 8, 2005 4:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

They interviewed

Rob Neyer today and he was just disgusted with the choice of Colon. He said "the media is starting to understand that wins don't matter but its just taking a long time."

by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 8, 2005 5:56 PM PST reply actions 0 recs