In the 2017 Major League baseball season, Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals was 3rd in wins, 2nd in E.R.A., 1st in bases on balls, yet he received 96% of the vote for the Cy Young Award as the best pitcher in the National League. The only category that seemed to matter most to the voters was Scherzer's lead in strikeouts, and his lead in most innings pitched was by a scant .1 of an inning!
It appears to me that the voters had to find something---anything!---to have a reason to give the Cy Young to Scherzer instead of to Clayton Kershaw.
For the record, Kershaw was the best pitcher in the National League in 2017. He won 18 games, lost only 4 times, and won his 5th E.R.A. Title with a mark of 2.31.
Kershaw won 18 games, Zack Greinke of the Diamondbacks won 17, and Scherzer slid in third with 16 wins.
Scherzer was the third best pitcher in the National League, but finished first in Cy Young voting.
Was the Cy Young vote in 2017 a conspiracy to keep Clayton Kershaw from winning his fourth Cy Young before the age of thirty?
By the way: seven more pitchers in the National League received votes for the Cy Young Award---and they were worse than Scherzer.
In other words, the Cy Young election committee was willing to give votes to bottom feeders instead of to Clayton Kershaw.
It appears to me that the voters had to find something---anything!---to have a reason to give the Cy Young to Scherzer instead of to Clayton Kershaw.
For the record, Kershaw was the best pitcher in the National League in 2017. He won 18 games, lost only 4 times, and won his 5th E.R.A. Title with a mark of 2.31.
Kershaw won 18 games, Zack Greinke of the Diamondbacks won 17, and Scherzer slid in third with 16 wins.
Scherzer was the third best pitcher in the National League, but finished first in Cy Young voting.
Was the Cy Young vote in 2017 a conspiracy to keep Clayton Kershaw from winning his fourth Cy Young before the age of thirty?
By the way: seven more pitchers in the National League received votes for the Cy Young Award---and they were worse than Scherzer.
In other words, the Cy Young election committee was willing to give votes to bottom feeders instead of to Clayton Kershaw.
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