Let us Now Direct Our Ire Towards Roy Halladay or Kevin Kaduk or Someone

by Freneau on Jun 3, 2009 4:49 PM EDT

The headline says it all, "Roy Halladay would like you to wait before voting for the Cy Young".

Harry Leroy Halladay has a league-leading nine victories and has pitched 50 innings since May 1, going 5-2 with a 2.13 ERA. Over that span, he's recorded 50 strikeouts and only issued eight walks. For a team that has worked its way into expectations of being a division contender in the AL East (but might not have the arms to do it), Halladay is the nicest constant to rely upon every five days.

Now, do I think Halladay will add a mate to the Cy Young he won in 2003? Nope, not as long as Greinke keeps putting up historic numbers with the unreal command he's showing.

But if the gap between their digits narrows? Well, then you'd have to consider the AL East opponents Halladay regularly faces (something the voters didn't do in '08) and we'd be in for a fantastic fall debate between two deserving candidates.

How dare he argue that if Greinke slips (which WILL NOT HAPPEN!!!111) and that if Halladay improves (which WILL NOT HAPPEN!!!111) that Halladay may be the better choice. How dare he.

This is the angriest I've been since Arod announced his free agency during the World Series! (Because it is still 1930 and newspapers can only run one column a day on baseball so we need to have a gentleman's agreement that the only news regarding the sport can be the World Series.) The only time other that even comes close was how I felt during days 2-3 of the Lebron handshake controversy.

I want this clown writing on his internets page fired immediately. I'm so sick of these cowards writing from their mother's basements about sports when THEY NEVER PLAYED THE GAME. You know how many teams there are? Thirty (holds out three fingers) and none of them have ever interviewed this clown for a job. I want Wanadoo.com to fire this stumblebum. NOW.

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ps- non-hyperbolic/ironic note: Halladay didn't get any strength of schedule benefits last season when he should have won the Cy Young over Gomer Lee (who went something like 10-0 with a 0.01 ERA against the Royals), so I don't expect that will happen this year

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Already repercussions from the lack of a Greinke attendance

“bump”!

Mr Glass, this is a pro sports team, not a retail store - run it like one!

by loyal2sdad on Jun 3, 2009 4:53 PM EDT reply actions

yup!

Because KC Fans have been horrible this year, and Toronto’s fan’s have shown up in droves

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by Matt Klaassen on Jun 3, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions

insert proper use of apostrophes please

KC’s fans… Toronto’s fans

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by Matt Klaassen on Jun 3, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions

apostrophes - I don't need no stinking apostrophes!!!!!

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Jun 4, 2009 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions

You have to adjust for the fact that Hallday is pitching in Canada though

What is his ERA if you translate it from the metric system and Canadian loonies into good ol fashioned kick ass American ERA?

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Jun 3, 2009 5:04 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs

hmmm... is each Canadian run worth less, or more?

I’m going to say less. XE.com’s current US$:CN$ conversion is 1.11007. Let’s round that off to 1.11.

But, just like with park adjustments, we have to taken into account that Halladay is pitching only half his games in Canada, so while the National Factor is 1.11, the National Adjustment is 1.05.

Greinke’s current ERA = 1.10
Halladay’s current ERA = 2.77

Halladay’s Nationally Adjusted ERA = 2.91

SUCK IT JAYS

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by Matt Klaassen on Jun 3, 2009 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

Awesome

by kcbottom9th on Jun 3, 2009 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Awesome indeed!!!

stupid Halladay

by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jun 3, 2009 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Halladay has definitely taken the lead after his last start.

CG, 7 hits, 14 Ks, 1 walk. Zero homers. How did the Angels manage to score 4 runs against him? Oh, here’s how:

B. Abreu singled to left center
- V. Guerrero singled to right center, B. Abreu to second
- T. Hunter walked, B. Abreu to third, V. Guerrero to second
- K. Morales singled to right, B. Abreu scored, V. Guerrero to third, T. Hunter to second
- V. Guerrero scored, T. Hunter to third, K. Morales to second on wild pitch
- M. Izturis hit sacrifice fly to right, T. Hunter scored, K. Morales to third
- M. Napoli hit sacrifice fly to center, K. Morales scored
- G. Matthews Jr. struck out looking

So 3 singles, a walk, a wild pitch, and 2 sac flies. That is unlucky. He gave up half of his total baserunners for the game in one inning, and only 1 of them scored on a hit.

by AxDxMx on Jun 3, 2009 5:11 PM EDT reply actions

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not

I wanna know what love is, I want you to show me

by LeoBloom on Jun 3, 2009 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions

I did take a weird tone with it

but it is meant seriously.

by AxDxMx on Jun 3, 2009 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions

pointless article really

sure, greinke could decline and halladay could improve

but until that happens, what’s the point?

mike mussina could come out of retirement, pitch the Red Sox into first place, and become a candidate too

I wanna know what love is, I want you to show me

by LeoBloom on Jun 3, 2009 5:22 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

SO PISSED OFF RIGHT NOW

I just want to strangle a small woodland creature, preferably one that recognizes the fact that I can kill it, and one that is cute, and possibly dressed in a Blue Jays uni….

That furry little Blue Jay supporter will know my wraith, then I would get tired and let it go….

but it would know!!!

by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jun 3, 2009 5:24 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

i want red blue jay blood on my hands

by Freneau on Jun 3, 2009 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions

Greinke has the "backstory"

And remember he was a complete bust until this year

by kcbottom9th on Jun 3, 2009 5:25 PM EDT reply actions

To quote the greatest Canadian movie of all time, "It just doesn't matter"

Greinke and Halladay will split the vote, opening the door for AL Saves leader Jonathon Papelbon to take home the Cy Young Award.

by Gopherballs on Jun 3, 2009 5:39 PM EDT reply actions

as an aside

old friend Ramon Ramirez currenlty has a Higher WAR (FanGraphs, Stat Corner) than “Paps.”

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by Matt Klaassen on Jun 3, 2009 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't see why everyone is so pissed off

If the statistics were reversed, we’d be saying the same thing, which is basically that their guy has been UNREAL, which is the only thing that could be better than our guy, who is putting up, what in a normal year are Cy-Young #’s.

BOOM! ROASTED!

by GoBabies!! on Jun 3, 2009 5:50 PM EDT reply actions

Pitcher wins are an overvalued, mostly meaningless stat.

But it will be very, very important in deciding the Cy Young, and Greinke will definitely be hurt in that area as long as he is playing for the Kansas City Two-Per-Games.

- W. Bloomquist homered to deep center
- P. Earth explodes

by JobDDT on Jun 3, 2009 6:05 PM EDT reply actions