Josh Beckett takes the mound tonight for the struggling Red Sox looking to become the major's first 15 game winner. Boston is in a playoff race for the Wild Card, but Beckett might be in an even tighter race for the most prestigious pitching award in the league.
Here our my finalists with a about a month and half left in the season for the American League Cy Young Award, in no particular order.
Josh Beckett (14-4, 3.10, 145 K)
AL Ranks: (IP - 10th, Wins - 1st, ERA - 6th, K - 5th)
Roy Halladay (13-5, 2.65, 144 K)
AL Ranks: (IP - 1st, Wins - t2nd, ERA - 2nd, K - 6th)
Zach Greinke (11-7, 2.33, 174 K)
AL Ranks: (IP - 6th, Wins - t8th, ERA - 1st, K - 3rd)
Felix Hernandez (12-4, 2.72, 158 K)
AL Ranks: (IP - 7th, Wins - 5th, ERA - 3rd, K - 4th)
Justin Verlander (13-6, 3.28, 194 K)
AL Ranks: (IP - 3rd, Wins - 2nd, ERA - 8th, K - 1st)
It is rarely a closer but if it is it could be one of these two shutdown artists.
Mariano Rivera (35 saves, 1 blown, 1.94 ERA)
K/BB - 57/11
Joe Nathan (29 saves, 3 blown, 1.61 ERA)
K/BB - 58/8
So who do you got? Looking at the numbers I have to lean towards Halladay. He also has the fewest amount of walks with the most innings pitched out of these five starters. I've made it easy to answer the question, just vote on the poll found at the upper right of the page. If I missed anyone deserving of consideration let me know in the comments section.
-Keefe
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