Predicting the Cy Young Award can be a bit easier and is
probably one of the “easiest” predictions to make historically. There is always
that group of pitchers that perennially dominant hitters while they are in
their primes and two of those pitchers were picked in this set of predictions.
While nothing is set in stone at this time it looks like I will likely get both
of these predictions wrong but I feel like both of my picks will be in either
the top two or three of the AL and NL Cy Young Award voting so I am okay with
that. At least it wasn’t a total bomb like that Tyler Glasnow pick.
It is likely that Chris Sale of the Boston Red Sox will win
the Cy Young Award here in 2017 leaving Kluber just behind a Red Sox pitcher
for the second consecutive year, last season Rick Porcello of the Red Sox won
the award with Kluber right on his heels. In the National League it looks like
it will either be Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals or Clayton Kershaw
of the Dodgers taking home the awards. On most of the sabermetric sites and
prediction sites that plug in stats and variables into a computer to garner a
likelihood of winning the award type stat they have Scherzer winning the award
but with two-or-three starts left for each pitcher it could go down to the
wire. Stay tuned.
Thursday, April 6, 2017
TGP 2017 MLB Predictions: Cy Young Winners
If you’re a pitcher coming up as a kid in Little League, as
a High School player, a college player or even as a professional in the minor
leagues your ultimate goal is always to reach the Major Leagues and win a Cy
Young Award. There’s only one per league every single season so most pitchers
will never get that honor but in my opinion these two men from the Cleveland
Indians and Los Angeles Dodgers respectively will reach that ultimate goal and
have that ultimate honor bestowed upon them. Keep reading to find out who I’m
talking about although I have a feeling by naming the teams that you already
have an idea of who I am going to choose.
American League Cy Young Award: Corey Kluber
So I've already predicted that the Cleveland Indians would
win the American League Central Division with the best record in the American
League and I've already predicted that all those wins would equate into manager
Terry Francona winning the AL Manager of the Year Award but who is going to
carry the team to that over the course of a 162-game schedule? His name is
Corey Kluber and he is an absolute animal on the mound. Kluber was one of the
best starters last season, although he lost out on the award to 20+ game winner
Rick Porcello of the Boston Red Sox, but he will not be denied in 2017 as he is
set up to put up another strong campaign this season.
National League Cy Young Award: Clayton Kershaw
I could go on and on about all the numerous reasons why
Clayton Kershaw will once again find a way to get better and find a way to win
another Cy Young Award for the National League but I have a better idea. Name a
reason or two, and yes there are including his injury history as of late, of
why he won't win the award at this point in his career. Leave them below in the
comments section or drop us a line on Twitter by
following @GreedyStripes.
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