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To: spitsong who wrote (16646)	9/11/2011 2:50:32 PM
From: spitsong	1 Recommendation Respond to of 29239

Brutal stretch for the Yankees First the Yanks play in a rain-delayed game that ends at 2:15 AM, drop two games to the lowly Orioles Wednesday and Thursday, both in extra innings, then catch a long flight to Los Angeles. Friday Bartolo Colon pitches extremely well (1 unearned run in 7 IP) but gets outpitched by Jered Weaver; Yanks lose 2-1. Yesterday CC Sabathia pitches very well (1 run in 6 IP) but gets outpitched by Dan Haren, who spins a 4-hit complete game shutout. Today Freddy Garcia, who has done a nice job as a longshot reclamation project for the Yanks, gets the start against Ervin Santana. And tomorrow, underachieving Phil Hughes goes up against reigning Cy Young Award winner Felix Hernandez. For the Yanks, that's four 2011 Cy Young Award contenders in 4 days. And so far they're 0-2 in those four games, riding a four-game losing streak. Lucky for them the Red Sox, 2 1/2 games back, have also blown four straight, including one to Cy Young contender Ricky Romero, and are losing again today -- to Cy Young contender James Shields, albeit while countering with their own contender Jon Lester. Tampa Bay, coming up fast behind both but running out of season with 7 games to make up and only 17 to play, threatens to make it more interesting still. And the Angels are now just 1 1/2 games behind the Rangers in the West. Who said the pennant races were over?!

To: spitsong who wrote (16646)	10/2/2011 4:17:33 PM
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2011 AL Cy Young contenders (final) Win W-L CG IP BB K ERA WHIP BAA WAR comments ----------------- ----- -- ----- -- --- ---- ---- ---- --- -------------------------------------- Justin Verlander 24-5 4 251.0 57 250 2.40 0.92 .192 8.6 Going away Place W-L CG IP BB K ERA WHIP BAA WAR comments ----------------- ----- -- ----- -- --- ---- ---- ---- --- -------------------------------------- Jered Weaver 18-8 4 235.2 56 198 2.41 1.01 .212 6.6 Solid #2 For the Show W-L CG IP BB K ERA WHIP BAA WAR comments ----------------- ----- -- ----- -- --- ---- ---- ---- --- -------------------------------------- James Shields 16-12 11 249.1 65 225 2.82 1.04 .217 6.1 Rays are potent through 3 starters Doug Fister 11-13 3 216.1 37 146 2.83 1.06 .237 5.7 Outstanding second half Josh Beckett 13-7 1 193.0 52 175 2.89 1.03 .211 6.2 Orioles pound him twice to end Sawx season Ricky Romero 15-11 4 225.0 77 164 2.92 1.14 .216 5.9 Joins the AL's elite in just 3 seasons C.J. Wilson 16-7 3 223.1 74 206 2.94 1.19 .232 5.0 Lousy way to start a postseason CC Sabathia 19-8 3 237.1 61 230 3.00 1.23 .255 6.9 Still a horse and still just 31 Dan Haren 16-10 4 238.1 33 192 3.17 1.02 .235 4.0 Career-best for innings pitched WAR is from baseball-reference.com: baseball-reference.com Doug Fister reappears on this list for the first time since early August -- his numbers since joining Detroit were just too good even though he finished with a losing record on the year. Justin Masterson, Felix Hernandez, and Ervin Santana dropped off after weak finishes; Felix in particular might have a case to snag a few 5th-place votes since he tied for 2nd in complete games and finished 4th in strikeouts and 6th in innings pitched, but that isn't enough when his other numbers are a cut below. Jeremy Hellickson, Gio Gonzalez, and Justin Masterson would also be in the conversation if they'd pitched more innings. Josh Beckett remains on the list even though his innings pitched are under 200 only because his other numbers are all so good, even if not in Verlander territory -- he might get a few third place votes unless some in Boston media hold his last two crap starts against Those Rampaging Orioles against him. Bottom line, Justin Verlander is a lock to win the AL CY Young this year, and has a decent shot to win that award in a unanimous vote, which would make him only the 6th AL pitcher to ever do so (though Pedro, Clemens, and Johan Santana each did it twice). For what little it's surely worth, I don't believe Verlander's numbers are good enough to earn him the AL MVP over several deserving position players.