Add new comment

After all, that's supposed to be the definition of the award, the best pitcher in baseball.
I'm not married to my position, that hitting .300 in a pennant race is different from hitting .300 in Kansas City.  But I put something of a thumb on the scale for performing when it matters.
..................
As far as your last couple sentences, Rick, the voters who consider W-L don't have an understanding gap.  They know what WAR is.  They simply judge W-L to be significant.
We don't need future generations to comprehend the difference between the two philosophies.  They understand it now, but disagree with the computer-chosen winner concept.
Hey, the sabermetricians still argue among themselves as to what the criteria should be for winning the Cy Young award.  There's consensus on Felix THIS year, but there's no consensus on what constitutes a "correct" choice in the abstract.