2011 AL Cy Young contenders (update)
Leaders W-L CG IP BB K ERA WHIP BAA WAR comments
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Justin Verlander 17-5 4 195.0 41 196 2.35 0.87 .185 6.5 2-0 for the week
Jered Weaver 14-5 4 176.2 39 150 1.78 0.94 .201 6.3 9-inning shutout of Mariners, but ND
Not quite W-L CG IP BB K ERA WHIP BAA WAR comments
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Josh Beckett 9-4 1 145.0 39 127 2.17 0.94 .191 5.4 1 ER in 6 IP vs Yanks, but ND
James Shields 11-9 8 176.2 48 167 2.80 1.06 .220 3.9 CG shutout of Royals
CC Sabathia 16-6 3 182.2 46 168 2.81 1.14 .238 5.0 7 ER in 6 IP in Beantown blowout loss
Dan Haren 12-6 3 176.1 26 143 2.91 0.98 .225 3.7 Beat Twins, ND in win over Yanks
Also-ran W-L CG IP BB K ERA WHIP BAA WAR comments
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Justin Masterson 9-7 1 159.1 44 123 2.71 1.19 .243 3.5 2 ER in just 2 IP vs. Tigers
Ricky Romero 10-9 3 159.0 59 138 2.94 1.16 .218 4.4 2 ER in 8 IP to beat the Oreos
Jeremy Hellickson 10-7 1 130.0 48 86 3.05 1.14 .208 2.3 1 ER in 7.1 IP, ND vs Royals
Mark Buehrle 10-5 0 156.0 32 83 3.06 1.20 .261 3.4 3 ER in 16 IP, 2-0 at Twins and Oreos
Matt Harrison 10-8 0 138.1 42 89 3.06 1.25 .254 3.6 2 ER in 7 IP in beating Mariners
Ervin Santana 8-8 3 165.1 43 137 3.21 1.15 .237 2.7 1 ER in 8.1 in 2-1 win over Felix
Alexi Ogando 11-5 1 134.0 34 100 3.22 1.10 .227 3.2 1-0 in two starts despite 8 ER in 9 IP
Felix Hernandez 10-10 3 179.1 55 174 3.31 1.18 .235 3.7 2 ER in 8 IP in loss to Ervin
WAR is from baseball-reference.com: baseball-reference.com
Scott Baker, Gio Gonzalez, Doug Fister, C.J. Wilson, Freddy Garcia, and Jon Lester drop from the conversation.
The punchless Mariners faced five guys from last week's contender list in 6 games, losing to Weaver, Santana, Harrison, and the Rangers in an Ogando start while beating only Gio Gonzalez (no wonder Gio's off the list, eh?).
Jered Weaver's ERA is nearing Sandy Koufax' best even without an elevated mound … great to see MLB cracking down on the 'roid-popping in the decade after 1994 that had overinflated hitting numbers against great pitching, one big reason I think we've seen such great pitching numbers more recently.
Meanwhile, yesterday morning baseball writer Jeff Passan pretty much duplicated my conclusions of last week:
Yahoo! Sports: Digging deep to find an AL Cy Young winner
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Too bad Mr. Passan didn't update his numbers in the time between .... |
