Cy Young for CC???

[TrueCavsFan23]

Hahahah I remember that.

 

[Mac]

He hasn't gotten into shape until this year. He finally lost weight, he finally put it all together.

How long has he been in the bigs? This is his first year showing that he is an ace.

 

[cavincali]

He hasn't gotten into shape until this year. He finally lost weight, he finally put it all together.

How long has he been in the bigs? This is his first year showing that he is an ace.

Im just pulling your chain, he has been fat in years past and now he is phat.

 

[chiefwahoo]

Sunday's CC interview on Baseball Today on ESPN Radio:

Link

*The actual interview starts around the 8:40 mark in this file*

 

[_amon _ones]

He hasn't gotten into shape until this year. He finally lost weight, he finally put it all together.

How long has he been in the bigs? This is his first year showing that he is an ace.

This isn't completely true. He was looking great and in shape at the beginning of last season as well, before the abdominal injury sidelined him and he missed several starts in April/May. His 2nd half last season was just as good. His stats:

12W 11L 28G 28GS 6CG 2SHO 192.7IP 182H 44BB 172SO 1.173WHIP

He easily would have won 15 to 17 games if it wasn't for our atrocious bullpen in 2006. He has been there on the brink for 2 seasons, he just doesn't get the publicity or media respect (until recently).

 

[chiefwahoo]

Got some nice seats for tomorrow night's game to watch CC pitch. Here's what Jayson Stark wrote today about CC and his Cy Young chances:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=3016985

Peavy, Sabathia are Cy Young front-runners

By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

For all those Yankee-Red Sox-centric folks out there who think this race shapes up as a duel between Wang and Beckett, please consult this handy little chart and you'll see why Sabathia has outpitched both of those guys:

|Sabathia|Beckett|Wang
ERA|31.5|8.2|7.4
Starts of 7 IP-plus|21|13|14
Starts allowing two ER or fewer|21|13|12
Starts allowing two ER or fewer|5.69|6.54|7.12

Now let's factor in some other stuff: Sabathia has outdueled Johan Santana three times. And he has ripped off 10 straight starts of two earned runs or fewer (longest streak by an Indian since, yep, Gaylord Perry in 1974). And has racked up an astonishing 5.69 strikeout-to-walk ratio (182 K's, 32 BBs) -- which would be the second-best by any left-handed starter since 1901 (behind only Randy Johnson's 6.59 in 2004). So Beckett and Wang might have more wins. But have they really pitched the best? Not from this scenic overlook, they haven't.

 

[cav jvl]

CC should definitely be considered for the Cy Young, but what about Carmona? He is doing as good or better than anyone in the league. They should be co-winners this year.