SBN Awards: Cy Youngs go to Zack Greinke and Tim Lincecum

by Stacey on Nov 11, 2009 10:00 AM EST in News Comment 3 comments

Fans note Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Zack Greinke's 15th strikeout of the baseball game, during the eighth inning against the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, in Kansas City, Mo. Greinke set a new franchise record for most strikeouts in a game. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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2 months ago: Fans note Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Zack Greinke's 15th strikeout of the baseball game, during the eighth inning against the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, in Kansas City, Mo. Greinke set a new franchise record for most strikeouts in a game. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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As is to be expected, Zack Greinke took home the SBN Cy Young in a landslide. If the results had gone any other way I would have been astounded. The fact that one person gave a first place vote to Roy Halladay is actually annoying me. Here are your complete rankings:

Rk	Player	Team	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts
1	Zack Greinke	Kansas City Royals	28	1	-	143
2	Felix Hernandez	Seattle Mariners	-	17	6	57
3	Justin Verlander	Detroit Tigers	-	8	9	33
4	Roy Halladay	Toronto Blue Jays	1	2	11	22
5	CC Sabathia	New York Yankees	-	1	2	5
6	Jon Lester	Boston Red Sox	-	-	1	1

When I was deciding who to vote for, it all came down to four names. Greinke, Halladay, Felix Hernandez, and Justin Verlander. I ended up giving my first place vote to Greinke, 2nd place to Justin Verlander, and 3rd place to Felix Hernandez. Looking back at the numbers I probably should have voted King Felix with my second place vote. I must have been dazzled by Verlander's K numbers. They didn't glamor duck, though, as his votes went to Greinke, Hernandez, and Halladay.

To get an idea of just how good Greinke and his runners up were in 2009, here are their stats:

Player	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	IP	GS	CG	SHO	ERA	ERA+	HR	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Zack Greinke	1.073	7.65	2.00	9.50	4.75	0.43	229.1	33	6	3	2.16	203	11	.230	.276	.336	.611
Roy Halladay	1.126	8.81	1.32	7.83	5.94	0.83	239.0	32	9	4	2.79	157	22	.256	.285	.382	.667
Felix Hernandez	1.135	7.54	2.68	8.18	3.06	0.57	238.2	34	2	1	2.49	174	15	.227	.287	.318	.605
C.C. Sabathia	1.148	7.71	2.62	7.71	2.94	0.70	230.0	34	2	1	3.37	133	18	.232	.292	.360	.653
Justin Verlander	1.175	8.21	2.36	10.09	4.27	0.75	240.0	35	3	1	3.45	132	20	.243	.295	.369	.665
Jon Lester	1.230	8.23	2.83	9.96	3.52	0.89	203.1	32	2	0	3.41	139	20	.242	.301	.366	.667

Not bad, not bad at all. Greinke's numbers are just sick. SICK. Look at that HR/9. Look at that ERA. Amazing. In 28 of his 33 starts, Greinke gave up 3 earned runs or less. He won 16 games this year, which is very respectable, but if he'd been on a team with a half decent offense his win total could have been staggering. The Royals went just 17-16 in his starts. They managed to lose 8 games when Greinke allowed 2 or less earned runs. And that's why wins as a stat are useless :)

Check out the National League results below the jump. The final award, Most Valuable Player, will be announced tomorrow.

Rk	Player	Team	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts
1	Tim Lincecum	San Francisco Giants	18	13	-	129
2	Chris Carpenter	St. Louis Cardinals	9	4	7	64
3	Adam Wainwright	St. Louis Cardinals	4	4	10	42
4	Javier Vazquez	Atlanta Braves	-	5	7	22
5	Dan Haren	Arizona Diamondbacks	-	3	4	13
6	Ubaldo Jimenez	Colorado Rockies	-	1	1	4
7	Cliff Lee	Philadelphia Phillies	-	-	1	1
8	Jair Jurrjens	Atlanta Braves	-	-	1	1

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And to think ...

both of these guys, Greinke and Lincecum, could have been drafted by the O’s.

Instead we took Adam Loewen (sp?) and Billy Rowell.

hakkaa päälle !

by timg56 on Nov 11, 2009 12:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

That's what the Royals, Rays, and Pirates

will be saying when Brian Matusz win the Cy Young in a few years.

Some Day, Matt Wieters Will Make The Cooperstown Crowd Laugh By Talking About The Time He Batted Behind Melvin Mora And Luke Scott. -Keith Law via Matt Wieters Facts

by Stacey on Nov 11, 2009 12:45 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs