The 2018 Cy Young races are both uniquely crowded
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Much as is the case with the Most Valuable Player race in both the National and American Leagues, the top candidates for Cy Young Award honors present a series of interesting parallels this year. It is a blend of perennial (and reigning) contenders continuinThe 2018 Cy Young races are both uniquely crowded
Much as is the case with the Most Valuable Player race in both the National and American Leagues, the top candidates for Cy Young Award honors present a series of interesting parallels this year. It is a blend of perennial (and reigning) contenders continuing in similar form that has previously won them the hardware. Meanwhile, exceptional seasons from new challengers are shaking up the scene, as they look to etch their names in the history books for the first time as well. It is a season in which the debate over how to validate the impact of a pitcher via his win/loss total continues to rage on. Is the value of being credited with a win the be-all, end-all for pitching brilliance? Or is it the context of performance that is given independent of whether the final outcome is favorable for the starter after he has done his work? While those questions will not be definitively answered regardless of the outcome of this year’s Cy Young voting in either league, more so than in many other years, the candidates for b Read more