On The Flip Side
By Mr Opposite
Cy Young Award? All But Over!
People may still be of the opinion that the recipients of this years Cy Young awards is still up in the air. For me, it is just a case of playing out the remaining games so that the winners can get their awards.
Yes, the NL race is tight, but the decision has already been made and was secured yesterday.
I'll start with the American League, the far easier of the two.
Winner: Johan Santana
Second: Curt Schilling
After that: No one really deserves it
I understand that some people may not agree that Santana is better then Schilling, this being mainly a Red Sox site, but anyone who does disagree is delusional. I don't care about the win column, the gap is very small anyway. Schilling got his 21st Sunday, but Santana will most likely follow in a couple of days time. The fact is that Santana has been a far better pitcher. I am sure everyone is sick of hearing about his stats so I won't bother listing them. They are great, and they win it for him.
Saying who will finish after those two is tough, as no one really deserves it. You might say Mulder. I say he is overrated � a great pitcher but he only wins games because of the offense. If I had to say, I would go for Westbrook. He has shown that he is going to be a great pitcher in the years to come.
Now to the National League. I will be rating 5 pitchers as they are the ones being talked about.
Fifth: Jason Schimdt
Sure, he was on his way to a certain Cy Young, until he got injured. Now he is just put into the same sentence as all of the St Louis pitchers.
Fourth: Randy Johnson
This one is going to get most of the comments. When I say this to people they always reply, "but look at his K's, he should get the Cy Young because of that." WAKE UP! Yes his K's are amazing, but I always say to those people, "well if you say that, then Brad Lidge should get it because of his K's.: In case you haven't noticed, Brad Lidge has got a far better K/9, 14.76 to Johnson's 10.61. You can say that Randy can get it because of his K's and then not say that Lidge can't get it. Two words. Loss Column. I don't care that he plays for a bad team and has great stats. So far I haven't heard Ben Sheets' name mentioned in the same sentence as Cy Young, but his stat are similar to Johnson's. People need to stop thinking that he should get it because he is Randy Johnson. He is one of the best pitchers of all time, but until he gets away from Arizona, he won't be winning anymore Cy Young.
Third: Carl Pavano
He had it in his hands, but let is slip through. Yesterday's loss sealed it up. It's a shame because Carl is one of my favourite pitchers, but when down the stretch, losing 23 in a row is not going to get you a Cy Young. He probably has 1 start left, maybe two, even he throws complete game shutouts he won't win it.
Second: Roy Oswalt
Yes, he had a shaky start, but so did Santana. He has a chance to get 20 wins, starting two more games, Cardinals tomorrow and Rockies, both at home. Roy is my favourite player, so I of course hope that he gets 20 wins, or at least 19 to equal his season high. But his Cy Young campaign is already over.
Winner: Roger Clemens
He sowed it up with his ND the other day. He may not have the most wins (actually he does), but he has everything else. That's all I need to say. He is going to win it.
Please try to keep the hate comments to a minimum on this one, I know a lot of you are on the RJ bandwagon, but please try to remember that different people have different opinions. There is no need to insult someone just because they think differently to you.
Who do you think will win the Cy Young Award?
National League
American League
