Post by A's on Sept 15, 2011 16:33:15 GMT -5
Now that Ogando's regressed to aisb and Cueto's solidified his "very prone" injury status, it's safe to ask which pitcher gets the AYKM award for 2011...
Yes, yes, I've heard the rumblings for Norris, CC and Cain, but my frontrunner is Ian Kennedy due to the sheer ratio of complete lack of talent to lucky results not seen since Ted Lilly's heyday. Thus, he is knighted: Ted Kennedy.
Seriously, I've seen better arms on 10-year olds. In girls softball. Which is still better than Lilly, but barely 90 mph. Millz throws harder according to the Texas stadium gun.
And yet here we see Kennedy's winning pitch is his fastball! AYKM?
Don't give me any of that location bull, this is pure crap. Maybe batters can't swing straight because they are drooling so hard at pummeling that 85-mph meat 600 feet. Or maybe it's as simple as one owner researched:
Ian Kennedy has had 30 starts.
Just for reference, 14/30 teams (~47%) in MLB have a winning record, and 6/16 teams (~38%) in the NL have winning records
Of Kennedy's 30 starts, 21/30 (70%) have come vs. teams with losing records, 4/30 are vs. the Giants, which, even though they have a winning record should be viewed as a game in which a pitcher will improve his ERA even if he scrooz up, and 5/30 (17%) of his starts are vs. teams with winning records.
In fact, the 70% of his starts come against teams with an average winning percentage of .460. Even his interleague starts are cake: @kc (.414 pct), @oak (.455 pct), @clev (.496 pct).
Thus the BS factor.
Yes, yes, I've heard the rumblings for Norris, CC and Cain, but my frontrunner is Ian Kennedy due to the sheer ratio of complete lack of talent to lucky results not seen since Ted Lilly's heyday. Thus, he is knighted: Ted Kennedy.
Seriously, I've seen better arms on 10-year olds. In girls softball. Which is still better than Lilly, but barely 90 mph. Millz throws harder according to the Texas stadium gun.
And yet here we see Kennedy's winning pitch is his fastball! AYKM?
Don't give me any of that location bull, this is pure crap. Maybe batters can't swing straight because they are drooling so hard at pummeling that 85-mph meat 600 feet. Or maybe it's as simple as one owner researched:
Ian Kennedy has had 30 starts.
Just for reference, 14/30 teams (~47%) in MLB have a winning record, and 6/16 teams (~38%) in the NL have winning records
Of Kennedy's 30 starts, 21/30 (70%) have come vs. teams with losing records, 4/30 are vs. the Giants, which, even though they have a winning record should be viewed as a game in which a pitcher will improve his ERA even if he scrooz up, and 5/30 (17%) of his starts are vs. teams with winning records.
In fact, the 70% of his starts come against teams with an average winning percentage of .460. Even his interleague starts are cake: @kc (.414 pct), @oak (.455 pct), @clev (.496 pct).
Thus the BS factor.