Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 28, 2003
AL Cy Young

Last night I turned on Baseball Tonight for a few minutes, and Karl Ravech, Bobby Valentine and Harold Reynolds were discussing Roy Halladay. The three agreed that there was no question about Halladay winning the Cy Young award. I then changed the channel to watch Trading Spaces in high-definition.

Haven't these people learned by now that wins aren't everything? I don't want to knock Roy Halladay. He's a very good pitcher. But I can make good arguments for Loaiza, Pedro, Mulder and Hudson. Valentine's basis seemed to be Halladay's low walk percentage, but Loaiza hasn't issued that many walks, doesn't give up as many HR, and strikes out more batters. Plus, he gets three fewer runs a game in support than Halladay. I haven't done the rigorous work yet to decide if Halladay is better than Loaiza, but:


  1. There should be plenty of questions about Halladay winning the Cy Young award.

  2. A discussion of the award should start with ERA, not wins.

  3. As the daily show about baseball, BBTN owes it to their viewers to do a better job with the discussion.


I'll have more on this later.


Posted by David Pinto at 02:32 PM | Pitchers | TrackBack (0)