After another stellar outing for Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals, it’s starting to look more and more like he’s the favorite for the AL Cy Young Award. He was great to start the season, then had a relatively average stretch but Greinke has been masterful down the stretch of the season.
Against the Boston Red Sox on Monday, Greinke went six scoreless innings to pick up his 15th win of the year. He struck out five batters and lowered his ERA on the season to 2.08.
In his last five starts, Greinke has been awesome. During that stretch, he has …read more

Last season, Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants won the National League Cy Young Award. This season, Lincecum has two very rough outing to his credit. On Sunday, he registered the loss as the Giants fell to the San Diego Padres by a final count of 6-1.
Against the Padres, Lincecum went 5.1 innings while allowing four earned runs, three walks and a career-high 10 hits. In his first start of the season, Lincecum gave up three earned runs in three innings against the Milwaukee Brewers. His ERA on the 2009 baseball season is now 7.56.
Last season, the 23-year-old had …read more

If the season ended today, is there a chance that Cliff Lee, ace of one of the worst teams in the American League, could win the Cy Young Award? Not only could this happen, but it should.
Lee, if you remember, had a horrible blow-up season with the Cleveland Indians in 2007. There was a time when Lee couldn’t find the strike zone and left games early enough to tire out the Indians bullpen with regularity. He was sent down to the minors and eventually left off Cleveland’s playoff roster. Yet, in 2008, Lee is totally different …read more

I’m sure everyone noticed that C.C. Sabathia won his first game with the Milwaukee Brewers this week, yet his former team – the Cleveland Indians – have dropped 10 consecutive contests. General Manager Mark Shapiro better hope that Matt LaPorta is on track to make the majors this season, otherwise his team could be falling well past the Seattle Mariners and the Washington Nationals with the worst record in the entire league.
You already know my feelings on the Sabathia trade. The Indians didn’t get enough in return for the former Cy Young Award winner. Shapiro jumped the …read more

I’m not sure why, but the Cleveland Indians haven’t figured it out yet. They have been robbed by the Milwaukee Brewers after trading away last year’s AL Cy Young Award winner C.C. Sabathia. The Brewers are only a few papers away from obtaining Sabathia and in exchange, they gave up a few minor leaguers. Sure, future slugger Matt LaPorta was included in the deal, but Cleveland could have received much, much more for C.C.
The deal is just about ready to be announced. With the acquisition of Sabathia, the Brewers could possibly have the best 1-2 punch …read more