Tuesday, September 28, 2010
King Felix deserves the Cy Young
After tonight's game against Texas Rangers Felix Hernandez is clearly the prime favorite to win the Cy Young. He has dominated all the pitching categories except for wins and complete games. His 13-12 record is grossly disputed up against CC Sabbathia of the New York Yankees with 21-7. King Felix is taking his throne on the Cy Young award on a losing team that is not going to the playoffs, just like last year's winner Zack Grienke, Felix finished second with 19 wins to Grienke 15 wins. Even though the Mariners had 80+ wins last year he still dominated the pitching stats. Felix is almost a full point above CC in era with a 2.28 to CC 3.18. Felix has 227 strikeouts and is a inning behind Roy Halladay for the major league innings pitch. This award is not a team award this is a individual accomplishment given to the best pitch from each league. How and why does the team make it a factor for a individual to win a pitching award that is base solely on the pitching stats. This is award is not for the MVP of each league which usually go to the best hitter or a player that is in the triple crown race. Felix is hands down by far the most dominate pitcher in the American League. If he doesn't win this award it will be a tragedy and will absolutely say to every pitcher that has a dream to win the Cy Young to play for a winning team. What should matter in picking the award winner should be performance on the mound not how many wins the pitcher has.
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