Re: Should Pedro be thrown into the NL Cy Young Mix?
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But the Cy Young is supposed to go to the best pitcher for the given year. Wins and ERA are not the best stats for measuring that.
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511 wins. Winningest pitcher in the history of the game. Isn't that why they named an award after him? Is Cy Young sabermetrically the best pitcher of all time? I have no clue, but I doubt it.
Wins may be overated for statfreaks or fantasy players but in real life they are the one and only thing that matters. Baseball is a very results oriented game. The winners get to go to the playoffs and the ultimate champions get a trophy and a Wheaties box no matter what their stats were.
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So why don't they just give the Cy Young to the best starting pitcher on the World Series winner?
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