After two days of voting, I’m calling an end to the AL Cy Young vote. (You can still vote if you really want to, though.)
Personally, I voted for CC and would consider these guys the other top candidates: Beckett, Fausto, Santana, Lackey, Bedard. I use FIP instead of ERA (to account for fielding), subtract from replacement level, and multiply by number of innings. But I’m not married to that as much as I am most other statgeeky methods. The race is so close this year and there are multiple reasonable ways to vote. Do you give more credit for K’s because the pitcher got the out without the help of fielders? How much credit do you give for innings? Do you compare pitchers to replacement level or league-average? Do you give relievers credit for actual leverage or the leverage they deserve based on how good they are? How much do you account for fielder and park effects? Do you consider HR/FB luck or skill? The list goes on.
Anyway, the results:
11 Beckett
8 Sabathia
4 Wang
3 Lackey
2 Kazmir
1 Santana
1 Fausto
1 Escobar
1 Halladay
1 Verlander
1 Wakefield (funny)
I’m shocked Wang got so much support and Bedard didn’t grab a single vote. I think he was the best per-inning pitcher for the season. Dan Haren should have flip-flopped his two halves.
Voting for NL MVP is still open.
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Sky is a baseball fan and racket sport afficianado living in upstate NY. His favorite color is orange and is just about ready to give up on his life-long dream to become the next Magnus ver Magnuson (World's Strongest Man). His favorite baseball teams are the Yankees and Red Sox, proving that there's hope in the Middle East.
October 1st, 2007 at 10:10 pm
34 votes– much better than the 9 that came out for that one poll last week