Poll: Who is going to win the NL Cy Young award this season?

Question

Also, who deserves to win?

Answer 1

Webb is awesome and like, a crazy groundball machine, but I wish more people would consider Tim Lincecum cause he's pretty great too.  [He is my choice and deserves to win, Webb will probably take it though.]

*Brandon Webb has a 19-5 record, 2.96 ERA, he has pitched 188 innings, allowed 166 hits, 46 BB's, and has struck out 157 batters

*Tim Lincecum is 15-3, 2.43 ERA, pitched 185 innings, allowed 149 hits, 70 BB's, and has struck out 210 batters.

You can see their numbers are similar, except with Webb

everyone's gonna go "ZOMG WINS! OMFG!!" when they should be looking at all the numbers.  The only thing Webb has on Lincecum right now is like 3 innings, the 4 wins [but two more losses than Lincecum] and the walks--but Tim leads the league in strike outs.  And the Giants are also a bad team, should that make Lincecum's performance even more remarkable?  The D-Backs are in first place afterall.

Answer 2

Brandon Webb

Note: Santana should be in the running but that d**n bullpen is ruining it for him

Answer 3

Brandon Webb. He has been good and also Wins is a big part in cy young voting which shouldnt be too much. Lincecum would be the second because he has been great and if he had an offence he would have the wins too.

Answer 4

Brandon Webb

Brandon Webb

Answer 5

do i even need to say it...WeBB!!!

Answer 6

Has anyone ever mentioned Tim Lincecum, leads the league in strikeouts, and an very good ERA? He should get some attention.

Cliff Lee should get it because he was mostly a minor leaguer.

Answer 7

National League Triple Crown Rankings

Tim Lincecum

Wins (2nd)

Strikeouts (1st)

ERA (1st)

Brandon Webb

Wins (1st)

Strikeouts (8th)

ERA (6th)

In my opinion there is no contest, the award must go to Lincecum.

Answer 8

In my opinion, the award should go to Lincecum, not Webb. However, if CC can win out all of his decisions, I'd be inclined to vote for him because what he's done for the Brewers since the All-Star break is nothing short of remarkable. He's kept the Brewers (almost by himself) relatively close to the Cubs and their hot streaks. So, Lincecum first, but if CC can win out his decisions from here on out, then give it to him.

Answer 9

Brandon Webb. On an average team, he performs extremely well and when he is out there, he makes that team almost unbeatable. Consider how much pressure he puts on opposing team, especially teams in NL West, he deserves to win CY.

In case of CC, Ben sheet and Cubs’ big three, Brewers and Cubs are better team than the Diamond backs that will put confident in their pitchers e.g. they don’t need to win every games and they know as long as they pitch well enough, they have a good chance to win. Their role is less important and their confidence lies in the team, not only in their stuff.

That is the reason Webb and Lee are so amazing as a pitcher. Webb should even consider to be MVP if D-back are in playoffs. (He won’t win it though, David Wright should).

Answer 10

Brandon Webb

Answer 11

Brandon Webb..that guy Liceceum (spelling) deserves votes too on a bad ball club.

Answer 12

It's a pretty good competition here. Brandon Webb is the big one, he is just marvelous on the mound.  But take a close look at Tim Lincecum and CC Sabathia.  These two can still get a couple of votes and make it interesting.  Still I think it's Webb's award.

Answer 13

Of course it should be Lincecum. Yes, he has fewer wins than Webb, but he's on a worse team. He also has two fewer losses. He is tied for second in wins, is leading the ERA race by a quarter run, and is running away in strikeouts. Voters will not usually go with the wins leader if there is someone else who has put up close numbers in wins and better numbers in the other categories, unless the wins leader has a sick number of wins. Since it seems unlikely that Webb will win, say 24 or 25 games, Lincecum, unless he collapses down the stretch, should take it.