Comments on: Liriano v. Felix v. CC

By: Picks of the Pen (9/20): Hershiser is Still a Role Model | Call to the Pen

Picks of the Pen (9/20): Hershiser is Still a Role Model | Call to the Pen — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:29:49 +0000

[...] form the Twins, Steve Fetch of Twinkie Talk gives us the skinny on a Cy Young candidate that no one is talking about. When you look at the numbers he lays out for you, it is a compelling [...]

By: Fetch

Fetch — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:07:44 +0000

all of that is a good reason as to why I never and why I will never use ERA to evaluate a pitcher.

By: baseballman

baseballman — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:50:34 +0000

It is actually impossible to fairly judge the differences between the top pitchers simply because there are so many factors involved. Just let it be said that any of the top 5 pitchers can probably have a case made for the Cy Young award. Each has has some great games and each has had a bad game or two. Sometimes the ERA is not as good because their bad game was worse then the other guys bad game and even though their best games may be better the ERA reflects the bad game and distorts the actual truth. Also a pitcher could leave with a couple of men on and have them added to his ERA due to poor relief help and Felix and Sabathia can probably lay claim to a few outings where that happened. Chamberlain and League have not fared well at times this year. All in all any of the pitchers being considered is probably worthy.