Comments on: News: NL Cy Young Award at 2 pm Today

By: alex.242

alex.242 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:42:54 +0000

guys, i just saw a poll on ESPN that asked, who will win the NL CY YOUNG.. so far out of 4677 ppl that voted this is the %:

Brad Lidge- 15%
Tim Lincecum- 28%
CC Sabathia- 36%
Johan Santana- 8%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brandon Webb- 13%

it goes to show how much of a hatred ppl have for anything new york!! coz only a moron would vote either lidge or webb ahead of superman…

By: CitizenSnips

CitizenSnips — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:31:15 +0000

I agree about the AS Balloting, as well as the TYIB awards. Whose bright idea was it not to have a cap on how many times you can vote? Imagine if the Presidental ballots were like that. Vote as many times as you want!

By: mark4212

mark4212 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:17:36 +0000

This is why these awards are ridiculous. It’s all favoritism. Nobody actually sits down and looks at the film. Nobody sits and takes into account the situations someone did something (i.e an extreme playoff race) Post-season stats aren’t included. It’s a Joke. Same as the Gold Glove. The only ones that aren’t a joke are the hitting awards, because they are the only ones based on True actual Numbers.

And don’t even get met started on the stupidity of the All-Star Balloting. WOW MLB can’t get anything right. It’s almost as bad as the BCS.

By: yosi

yosi — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:41:03 +0000

That article is idiotic. The stats provided in it are wrong. It says Lincecum had an NL best ERA which is clearly not the case.

By: reyes_7

reyes_7 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:30:32 +0000

Johan Santana
2008 CY Young !
forget it man he’s the best pitcher right now . if only we had a better bullpen !

By: fongulalou

fongulalou — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:28:41 +0000

Sabathia could well get though based on his Sutcliffe
type second half. Plus he carried that team into the playoffs
for the first time in a quarter century.

By: C Dubb

C Dubb — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:26:46 +0000

I was really impressed by Cole Hamels when he faced the Mets this season.

In 2 games against them, he held them to only 2 victories, 17 hits, and 8 earned runs in 12 innings pitched. Really just shut us down.

By: steadyeddie

steadyeddie — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:25:01 +0000

yeah, his “W” columne was very decieving; he was awesome; the Mets were not….

By: metsftw

metsftw — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:24:34 +0000

i’d vote lincecum without question. his FIP was a full run better than johan’s. there’s more stats out there than ERA/WHIP.

By: Reyes es el Rey

Reyes es el Rey — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:22:17 +0000

Santana and Lincecum have nearly identical stats until you get to Ks, and then Lincecum blows Johan away.

I think Lincecum deserves it, but Santana would be a good choice too. Those two are clearly head and shoulders above everyone else.

Of course, the BBWAA will screw it up and give it to Webb or Lidge or even CC. And then next week they’ll give Pujols’ MVP to Ryan Howard and we’ll all be reminded why the vast majority of baseball writers are a joke.