Nl Cy Young - Why Not Carpenter Or Wainwright ?

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Can anyone make a valid point why Wainwright or Carpenter did not win Cy Young ?

Lincecum won it last year... and yes, maybe he did pitch more innings...

BUT COME ON......WHAT HAPPENED ??? Is the voting skewed to a bias I am not aware of ???

Maybe if Wainwright would have hit 20 wins.. he would have won it ?!?! If the bullpen hadnt imploded on his last start he would have won 20 and most likely the Cy Young.

UGH! Brian

[eric1978]

Mostly politics. Lincecum started 4 more games and pitched 37 more innings than Carpenter, but Carpenter had a better ERA and better W/L record, which is what I would vote on. Lincecum had a lot more Ks, though, and people like Ks, just like they like homers.

[Don]

Because Carp or Wainwright did not have any weed to bribe the voters?

I thing if the Cards would have advanced in the playoffs, The K leader would have been bumped off the top of the vote. At least Wainwright got the golden glove. Thank God Maddox is gone.

All three were good but I, like Eric, think ERA means more than K's.

[eric1978]

Thank God Maddox is gone.

That little guy was unbelievable.

Love the signature, Don. Do the chickens have large talons? Nevermind.

[KCRIVERRAT]

Should've been a Missouri sweep. Wainwright got my vote. Grienke rules though... his stuff is nasty.