During that run, he faced 190 batters and allowed just 22 hits and five walks, while striking out 58 hitters.
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Talk about getting trapped in a maze.
Greinke and Kershaw are the eighth set of teammates to place second and third in the balloting. The Astros ace got 22 first-place votes (186 points) with the Blue Jays’ David Price finishing second with eight first-place votes (143 points).
Justice would have been served, in fact, had Arrietta and Greinke tied. It was the signature moment of a Cy Young season.
Instead, Arrieta had this thing on cruise control.
He thanked all of the guys “I’ve continued to compete against year in and year out to make me take my game to the next level”. He congratulated Bryant and Maddon for their winning earlier in the week.
“I would assume a phone call might be made, at least”, Arrieta told the LA Times. In the winter of 2014 there were questions about his durability stemming from the fact that he’d never pitched more than that 156.2 innings, with a previous high of 119.1 in 2011. He became the sixth pitcher in Major League history to finish among the top three in Cy Young voting for a season in which he was finished.
He also posted a 6-0 record and 0.43 ERA in August, and 5-0 record and 0.39 ERA in September/October.
Perhaps the most incredible part of Keuchel’s 2015 performance was his record at home, especially considering the dimensions of Minute Maid Park, which aren’t exactly pitcher friendly. After the All-Star break, McHugh was 10-2 with a 3.11 ERA in 14 starts. The metrics, of course, further prove Arrieta’s spectacular season. He didn’t start too hot that season while in Baltimore, tossing a hefty 7.23 ERA, but after the trade he started nine games for the Cubs giving up a 3.66 ERA, finishing his season with a combined 4.78 ERA.
“There are those competitive moments that I think each of us have where we know what we’re capable of”.
“I was locked in”, he said. “He’s relaxed here, and that’s been huge”. Cubs fans hope he stays “in the zone” for many more years.
He has a. 220 career average and six career home runs, numbers that 99.9 percent of pitchers would love. “And if he throws strike one, he has maybe three other options off of the next pitch”. The biggest beneficiary of Lester’s presence will be Jake Arrieta, who finally began to realize his potential in 2014.
“All the hard work has been worth it”, Arrieta said. “A lot of adjusting”.
It was a wild ride, and we’ve got the very best GIFs to prove it. “Just playing the game is good enough for me, and just to be in the same category as Sonny and David was special in its own right”.
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The Cubs won a major postseason award for the third straight day. All of them won the Cy Young, all except Kershaw. It’s something that we continue to look to build on.
