Answer: All three of us think Zack Greinke should win the Cy Young in the AL if there is any justice in the Baseball world.
His ERA is 2.08 for a last place team. He has won 16 games for a team with 63 wins. That’s greater than 25% of the teams wins, or lets put it another way. His winning percentage is .652. He improves the winning percentage of his team by .235.
If that doesn’t remind you of Steve Carlton circa 1972. (27 wins for a team that won 59. ERA below 2). If this was an era of 4 man rotations he would have 7 more start and likely 20 wins.
The greatest stat?
Greinke has allowed just one earned run over his past 35 innings pitched (0.26 ERA), and he’s posted a 1.23 ERA in 13 starts against teams with winning records.
That has Cy Young all over it.
Carlton’s 72 season preceded the Phillies first resurgence, will that be the case for the Royals?
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