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New-age stats shed light on old Cy Young votes
For so many years, the formula for winning a Cy Young Award was pretty simple: Win a lot of games.
Denny McLain was a unanimous pick in 1968 and deservedly so. He posted 31 victories — the combined total of this year's Cy Young starters, Tim Lincecum and Zack Greinke.
A whopping win total, a good ERA and a bunch of strikeouts often brought home the hardware.
But the perception of pitching has changed, with fans and voters now relying more heavily on new-age stats such as WHIP (hits plus walks per inning) and FIP (a designer equation that factors out a team's defensive ability).
Pitchers have taken notice, too. Greinke talked about his Fielding Independent Pitching after this week's win and Lincecum pointed to his WHIP.
2009 MLB Gold Glove Awards
NL GOLD GLOVES
• Rollins wins third straight Gold Glove
C -- Yadier Molina, St. Louis (2nd)
1B -- Adrian Gonzalez, San Diego (2nd)
2B -- Orlando Hudson, LA Dodgers (4th)
SS -- Jimmy Rollins, Philadelphia (3rd)
3B -- Ryan Zimmerman, Washington (1st)
OF -- Michael Bourn, Houston (1st)
OF -- Matt Kemp, LA Dodgers (1st)
OF -- Shane Victorino, Philadelphia (2nd)
P -- Adam Wainwright, St. Louis (1st)
AL GOLD GLOVES
• Hunter, Ichiro earn ninth Gold Gloves
C -- Joe Mauer, Minnesota (2nd)
1B -- Mark Teixeira, NY Yankees (3rd)
2B -- Placido Polanco, Detroit (2nd)
SS -- Derek Jeter, NY Yankees (4th)
3B -- Evan Longoria, Tampa Bay (1st)
OF -- Torii Hunter, LA Angels (9th)
OF -- Adam Jones, Baltimore (1st)
OF -- Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle (9th)
P -- Mark Buehrle, Chicago (1st)
Ian Ekery commits to play for Mizzou
-- Franklin High School senior Ian Ekery has verbally committed to play baseball for the University of Missouri for fall, 2010. The Missouri Tigers are members of the Big 12 Conference and Mizzou is the only school in the state where all teams compete at the Division I level.
Ekery had a 6-3 record as a junior with a 1.27 ERA and 75 strikeouts in 59 innings pitched.
Ricky Jacquez Pitches USA Past Cuba to capture the Gold Metal!
---August 23, 2009-- Jacquez (Franklin High School, El Paso, Texas) struck out six batters and held Cuba to only two hits in four shutout innings to lead Team USA to a 5-2 win on Wednesday afternoon at Intercontinental Stadium.
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