if arrieta wins the cy young i'll lick something thats slightly inconvenient, yet not something you would think is that bad

Bump.

thx

12-1 with 0.99 ERA over his past 15 starts

7-0 0.30 ERA since August 1st



If those aren't cy young numbers ya'll are crazy. Obviously wins mean shit unless a pitcher hits 20 for some reason, and Arrieta might be the only 20 game winner this year.

This post was edited by cSwish on Sep 6 2015 12:03pm

Kershaw been basically the same since like June 20th man.
Cmon now.

yeah if he did that over 30 games, those are cy young numbers for sure. not 15 games and not 7 games though.

If there was no Greinke (or he gets bombed the rest of the season) it would be a toss-up between him and Kershaw and I'd lean towards Arrieta for carrying a staff on his back all year.

Kershaw has the strikeouts
Arrieta has the wins

everything else is basically identical.

kershaw's carrying too....well, him and greinke

their bullpen sucks. it's tough to pitch a game knowing that you HAVE to go at least 7, ideally 8 or 9 otherwise the team prolly won't fair too well

This post was edited by jajaja on Sep 6 2015 01:38pm

kershaw has the history, the better non pitching baseball game (not sure if thats a factor into a cy young, but if 2 pitchers are identical and one fields his position better and handles the bat better, he should get the edge), and the sex appeal though.

This post was edited by Genetics on Sep 6 2015 01:39pm

fielding your position should definitely play a factor....

bat to a lesser degree since the gap shouldn't be too drastic and likewise for it's impact on the game