Comments on: Lincecum takes home his second Cy

By: larryf

larryf — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:17:01 +0000

Fantastic changeup of course. Check it out Eiland!!!!

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:22:59 +0000

http://insider.espn.go.com/esp.....NHeadlines

Klaw’s reason was the difference in IP.

By: Kiko Jones

Kiko Jones — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:31:07 +0000

Indeed! Congrats to my favorite non-Yankee active player.

By: ARX

ARX — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:59:10 +0000

Anyone know Law’s (or Carroll’s) rationale for leaving Carpenter off the ballot?

By: Steve H

Steve H — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:06:21 +0000

That came from Keith Law.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:44:36 +0000

Felix
Lincecum
Greinke.

By: pete

pete — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:26:56 +0000

to be fair to him, he did post a 2.87 mark in 219.1 innings, w/ 238 Ks. That’s pretty comparable to Wainwright, especially considering he pitched in the NL’s only offensive powerhouse, the east. The mets sucked this year, sure, but the Phils and Marlins both have stronger offensive clubs than anyone in the NL Central and west not from St. Louis or L.A.

By: pete

pete — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:22:57 +0000

hmm. i guess i was wrong. It just feels like there has been a recent influx of super high-end pitching across baseball, and with no stop of the dominance looming. It might just be that it’s new to the AL. Remember, CMW came in 2nd for the AL cy young in ’06

By: Tom Zig

Tom Zig — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:21:06 +0000

It would be really tough to get the NL Cy Young award “wrong”…although mysteriously Javier Vazquez got 1 2nd place vote.

By: Steve H

Steve H — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:12:00 +0000

Yes they were, but the offensive benefits clearly outweighed the benefits to the pitchers (see 60+ HR seasons), on a grand scale. As far as greenies go, starting pitchers, who pitch every 5 days, wouldn’t need them like a position player playing 150 games a year would. At the end of the day, everyone used PED’s, but PED’s left their mark on the game offensively.