Could be among the best ever

Josh Johnson 10-3, 1.62 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, .207 BAA, 130 K

Roy Halladay 10-7, 2.19 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, .246 BAA, 128 K

Adam Wainwright 14-5, 2.02 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, .214 BAA, 130 K

Ubaldo Jimenez 15-1, 2.20 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, .198 BAA, 11K

and you can't count out the 2 time reigning winner

Tim Lincecum 10-4, 2.94 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, .230 BAA, 136 K


You have to think Jimenez is the leader in the clubhouse, because we know the voters jack off to wins. Personally, I think Johnson is having the best season thus far. My pick to win, however, is Wainwright. Good team and he's historically a better second half pitcher.


WHO YA GOT?

7/18/2010 1:26:34 PM

Jimenez and his 11K

7/18/2010 1:54:08 PM

Make it 113

7/18/2010 1:59:34 PM

Josh Johnson is #1 in like every value statistic

7/18/2010 2:01:52 PM

Right

But this thread is about speculation and year end totals, and if each guy stays healthy, they have 14-15 starts left

[Edited on July 18, 2010 at 2:07 PM. Reason : x]

7/18/2010 2:06:38 PM

Provided Uggla and Cantu aren't traded costing JJ even more run support I think he can pull it out. Lincecum won last year with what, 15 wins?

7/18/2010 2:21:48 PM

Seriously?

You're going to have a NL Cy Young thread and not have league/park adjust ERA?

Someone post some ERA+ so I can actually decide...

7/18/2010 4:00:41 PM

Josh Johnson has the 8th best single-season ERA+ of all-time right now

But Slave doesn't like when I post in this thread...

7/18/2010 4:04:27 PM

Adjusted ERA+
1. Johnson (FLA) 257
2. Jimenez (COL) 204
3. Wainwright (STL) 199
4. Halladay (PHI) 190
5. Garcia (STL) 178
6. Hudson (ATL) 155
7. Gallardo (MIL) 153
8. Latos (SDP) 148
9. Lincecum (SFG) 146
10. Santana (NYM) 136

[Edited on July 18, 2010 at 4:07 PM. Reason : ~]

7/18/2010 4:06:55 PM

yeah this seems threadworthy....world cup race for the golden boot wouldve been locked...just sayin

[Edited on July 18, 2010 at 10:01 PM. Reason : f]

7/18/2010 10:01:47 PM

Wainwright just gave up 0 R for the second straight start, dropping his ERA under 2 (second place, only 0.02 behind JJ) and tying him with Ubaldo for the lead in wins. I think he's gotta be the front runner at this point.

He's also now 2nd in IP, 3rd in Ks, and 1st in WHIP.

[Edited on August 11, 2010 at 5:49 PM. Reason : .]

8/11/2010 5:44:07 PM

^this

8/11/2010 10:24:46 PM

As long as his teammate Carpenter doesn't sneak back into the race and steal votes. Carp is 13-3 with an ERA under 3 as well now. Remember Wainwright had the most first place votes last year and came in third.

8/12/2010 3:11:42 AM

JJ got shelled tonight
3.2 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 0 K

Josh Johnson 10-5, 2.27 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, .224 BAA, 156 K

Roy Halladay 14-8, 2.34 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, .243 BAA, 168 K

Adam Wainwright 17-6, 1.99 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, .207 BAA, 158 K

Ubaldo Jimenez 17-3, 2.55 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, .200 BAA, 143 K

Tim Lincecum 11-6, 3.41 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, .245 BAA, 163 K

I'll throw in

Mat Latos 12-5, 2.36 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, .191 BAA, 125 K

[Edited on August 14, 2010 at 1:05 AM. Reason : .]

8/14/2010 12:54:34 AM

Tim Hudson said gimme dat Cy Young

8/14/2010 2:47:25 AM

Wide Open Race: Tim Lincecum

Adam Wainwright 17-10 2.34 ERA 1.03 WHIP .211 BAA 184 K
Ubaldo Jimenez 17-6 2.69 ERA 1.12 WHIP .208 BAA 170 K
Roy Halladay 17-10 2.36 ERA 1.06 WHIP .245 BAA 196 K
Tim Hudson 15-6 2.30 ERA 1.10 WHIP .222 BAA 113 K
Chris Carpenter 15-5 2.90 ERA 1.16 WHIP .241 BAA 158 K
Josh Johnson 11-6 2.30 ERA 1.11 WHIP .229 BAA 186 K
Mat Latos 13-5 2.25 ERA 0.98 WHIP .193 BAA 160 K

Three Dominant Closers as well would probably factor if not so many good candidates:
Billy Wagner 7-2 32 Saves 1.56 ERA 0.88 WHIP 80 K
Heath Bell 5-0 37 Saves 1.78 ERA 1.20 WHIP 73 K
Brian Wilson 3-2 40 Saves 1.88 ERA 1.25 WHIP 72 K

[Edited on September 6, 2010 at 2:46 AM. Reason : easier to read]

9/6/2010 2:42:42 AM

my guess would be either hudson or more likely, ubaldo. i don't know that they'd like carpenter or wainwright with the team doing so bad. Losses look bad, so with neither of Huddy or Ubaldo in double digits right now and not really threatening before the year is up, that's my guess. if huddy can take something like 4 or 5 of his last 6ish starts, then he might take it, but ubaldo might just win it from pure ignorance. i'd have a tough time voting for a 17-10 pitcher over a 19-7.

9/6/2010 3:00:53 AM

See that's another thing I hate....when it comes to individual awards like MVP and CY, why does it matter how good the team is?

Miguel Cabrera is a way better player this year than Mark Teixiera.

Felix Hernandez is hands down the best pitcher in the AL but he won't sniff the award because he is 11-10 on a team with Russell Branyan as the best hitter.

9/6/2010 3:19:32 AM