Randy Johnson SHOULD win the NL Cy Young!
mintluster
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He was still the most dominating pitcher in the NL.
He won 16 games, led his league in strikeouts (290) and allowed the lowest opponent batting average in the league, as well as the second lowest ERA (2.60).
He also had more innings pitched than Roger Clemens, more shutouts then Clemens, and more Complete Games than Clemens......but the Astros went to the playoffs....so Clemens will probably win it.
This is the way these voters always think (they do it with the MVP as well). Baseball is a team game. No one man wins it all for a team. Statistics should matter when these voters are considering the CY Young or MVP.
It is not Johnson's fault the DBACKS suck. The Big Unit is still the man.
He won 16 games, led his league in strikeouts (290) and allowed the lowest opponent batting average in the league, as well as the second lowest ERA (2.60).
He also had more innings pitched than Roger Clemens, more shutouts then Clemens, and more Complete Games than Clemens......but the Astros went to the playoffs....so Clemens will probably win it.
This is the way these voters always think (they do it with the MVP as well). Baseball is a team game. No one man wins it all for a team. Statistics should matter when these voters are considering the CY Young or MVP.
It is not Johnson's fault the DBACKS suck. The Big Unit is still the man.
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Clemens is your winner, and he deserves it.
I'd take Johnson ANYDAY over Clemens.
Hell... I don't think there are many I'd take over Johnson period.
...perfect game?
Amos Zereoue ('99 RC - Steelers/Raiders)
Avon Cobourne ('03 RC - Lions)
Quincy Wilson ('04 RC - Falcons)
<< <i>The Big Unit still dominates, but he really sulked and pouted an awful lot this year. He basically threatened to not give 100% effort for the D-Backs if they insisted on keeping him. They of course did, and he still pitched well, but that fact might sway some votes from him.
Clemens is your winner, and he deserves it. >>
So what if he sulked and pouted, he put up the numbers to win the CY Young. You would sulk too if your team sucked as bad as the Dbacks did all year. They scored no runs for the guy and he still put up monster numbers, and pitched a PERFECT game. Clemens have never even pitched a no-hitter. He is great, don't get me wrong, but he does not deserve this award over Johnson. RJ dominates in virtually every single pitching category there is. RJ cannot affect the games he did not pitch and neither could Clemens, except Clemens got great run support from the DBacks.