Max Scherzer

Dude is a beast right now. Must be the eyes.

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Does he go 14-0 today?

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No

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Is he the favorite for the Cy Young?

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No

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ports Illustrated's Cliff Corcoran, who examines the awards races in baseball, took a whack at the Cy Young race. He wrote: "Scherzer is enjoying an excellent season, but at the moment, he doesn't even top the ... rankings of contenders for the honor of being the AL's best pitcher." Corcoran said that the way Clay Buchholz was pitching, he was the leader but has been out for a month now with a bad shoulder. The writer's No. 1 right now is Seattle's Hisashi Iwakuma (7-3, 2.42 ERA, 0.88 WHIP (walks and hits per innings pitched) and a 5.94 strikeout-to-walk ratio). However, in his last four starts, he's 1-2 with a 4.00 ERA. So Scherzer's No. 2, right? Wrong. Corcoran has the Rangers' Yu Darvish in that spot. He's 8-3 with a 2.78 ERA, a 1.02 WHIP and a 12.0 strikeout-per-nine innings rate. But, in his last four weeks, the Texas ace is 1-4 with a 2.81 ERA. Then comes Scherzer, whose numbers (13-0, 3.09 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, 10.7 strikeout-per-nine and 5.35 strikeout-to-walk) have been elevated by his last four weeks. The AL player of the month for June is 6-0 in the last four weeks. Corcoran: "Scherzer isn't on this list because he's 13-0. He's here because of the way he's pitched en route to that perfect mark. He has pounded the strike zone, kept runners off base and runs off the board while going deep in to games (11 of his 17 starts have lasted seven or more innings). He's also been remarkably consistent. Scherzer's last nine starts have all been quality. He earned the win in eight of them and deserved the win in the ninth as well. He didn't, however, deserve a win when he allowed five runs in five innings on April 24, but he got one anyway."

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I think he is the Cy Young favorite. I would personally go with him or Felix, and given that many voters still think W-L is a meaningful stat, I think that makes the favorite at this point.

Even if you ignore win-loss records, Scherzer is having a sick year. Outside of Yu, Scherzer can k them up as well as anyone. He has a very low ERA and good numbers all around.

I don't the want the Cy to be predicated on a win loss record, but I would be fine with him winning it because his peripherals are excellent.

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If the award was given by the fans, I would agree. Its not though. Baseball writers are huge nerds.

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If the majority of voters were nerds, Mike Trout would have a MVP trophy.

But as Vick said, Max really has a case for the award even if his W-L was 8-5.

Miggy was titty skin last year. I believe he had a higher runs created than Trout. I believe that Miggy was marginally better at the plate in 2012, but Trout was better everywhere else. Also, Miggy played more games, so he was way more valuable at the beginning of the season. Yes, you do have to penalize the gap in games played.

Yeah, he is 2nd in the AL in WHIP (0.92) and 2nd in strikeouts (139)

I think the gap was overstated. A lot of his case with numbers dealt with defensive metrics, which I find a little hard to trust. I also don't like WAR when you are comparing totally different players. They have different roles.

I would have voted for Miggy because I thought he had a better year at the plate (better OPS and shite), but the case for Trout was also easy to make. Miggy playing more games made a big difference for me. I have loved watching Miggy for a long time as well, so I was biased.

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