We Blog Baseball! » Brandon Web http://weblogbaseball.com From the love of The Game, we blog about Baseball! Sat, 24 Apr 2010 02:12:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Is It Fair To Give CC Sabathia The NL Cy Young? http://weblogbaseball.com/is-it-fair-to-give-cc-sabathia-the-nl-cy-young/ http://weblogbaseball.com/is-it-fair-to-give-cc-sabathia-the-nl-cy-young/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:52:22 +0000 admin http://weblogbaseball.com/?p=61

Since his move from the Indians to the Brewers and the National League, C.C. Sabathia has been unbeatable. Literally. He's gone 9-0 with 4 complete games and hasn't shown any signs of letting up. His last game was nearly a no-hitter after a... Read more

]]> Since his move from the Indians to the Brewers and the National League, C.C. Sabathia has been unbeatable. Literally. He’s gone 9-0 with 4 complete games and hasn’t shown any signs of letting up. His last game was nearly a no-hitter after a controversial ruling on a hit in the 5th inning. He’s been the best pitcher in the league since he got here, but does he deserve it over Brandon Webb and Tim Lincecum?

The horse race has come down to Webb, Lincecum, and Sabathia. Webb has been looking for his 20th win for his last 3 starts and it seems dumb not to give the Cy Young to possibly the only 20 game winner in the National League. But, Webb has struggled in his last 3 starts, giving up at least 6 runs in each of them. Lincecum has shown the most talent and has been the most dominant but his numbers in the win column doesn’t show it. Sabathia has been remarkable, brilliant, unhittable and has had the most impact on his team compared to Webb and Lincecum.

I think that right there is why you have to pick Sabathia. He has turned the Brewers around and it seems like they will be a playoff team. I try to look at the Cy Young as the pitcher’s MVP. Which team would not be a contender without one of these pitchers. Lincecum and the Giants aren’t going to be a contender this season either way so I don’t think he should really be considered. Webb’s Diamondbacks play in the worst division in baseball and still struggle so he is needed.

But it seems to be that Sabathia has changed the entire dynamic of this team. They have a reliable pitcher in which they can chalk up a win on any day he pitches. If you want to use the ‘he didn’t play in the National League the whole year’ card, well at this pace he’s going to end up with like 14 wins any way so what more can you ask from the guy?

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