While Ryu Hyun-jin ( LA Dodgers) has been in a slump for nearly a month, the structure of NL Cy Young images has fluctuated greatly.
Major League Baseball's official website 'MLB.com' released the results of a mock vote on the video on Wednesday. Forty-two journalists from MLB.com voted for three candidates for Cy Young in the two major leagues. The first-place votes were ranked according to the total points calculated by translating the second-place votes into five points, and the third-place votes into one point.
Max Scherzer (36, Washington) received the most votes in a mock vote by a group of reporters.
Scherzer, with a total score of 165 points, received 23 votes, followed by Jacob Digrom (31, New York Mets) with 156 points. Ryu, who was seen as the most dominant player in the NL Cy Young race until he started as an NL starter for the All-Star Game, didn't get a single vote.
It was only a mock vote, but Ryu's four-time No. 1 ranking in the last five mock votes was only "0 votes," a result that reflected his worst slump, clearly revealed that Ryu is losing the Cy Young race.
He pitched seven scoreless innings in an away game for the New York Mets on Wednesday, but received a dismal performance record of 9.95 with three losses in his previous four games. As a result, Ryu's ERA in the one-run range, which he boasted, collapsed and soared to 2.45 (currently 2.35).
Of course, his ERA is still No. 1 in the two major leagues. However, the performance of other indicators is much lower than that of competitors. Although the number of wins is higher than that of Scherzer (10 wins) and degrom (9 wins), it has failed to overwhelm competitors in other indicators such as innings-out strikeout, a more important factor in the selection of Cy Young images.
"It's not just about a slump," said Hershauser. We have to see the whole season," he said, but it seems difficult to turn the latest trend around.
Scherzer, who has won three Cy Young Award in his career, received many votes compared to his performance that turned out to be numerical. The injury and aftermath of the All-Star game seemed to alienate him from the Cy Young Racing, but he is regaining his good-for-good pitching by playing limited innings after his return. His six-game ERA after his return is not good at 4.15, but he has come close to a Scherzer-like pitch in the last two games.
Although the margin is four votes, Scherzer's receiving the most votes in the first place is somewhat questionable. Although Schuester is the league's top player in nine innings with 12.51 strikeouts per pitcher's ability, FIP, 2.31 ERA, and adjusted ERA (xFIP, 2.97), many fans are highly optimistic about his chances of winning degrom when they think of an upturn in the second half.
On the 15th, Digrom made a exclamation point by blocking the Dodgers' batting average, "No. 1 home run by the NL team," with a 100-mile fastball and a sharp changeover. Since the All-Star break, degrom has displayed his Cy Young Award-winning power with a 1.69 ERA in 12 games, 0.89 on-base percentage per inning, and 11.4 strikeouts per nine innings.
He is the only pitcher in the top five in the categories of innings, strikeouts, and strikeout ratio (K/BB) per inning, earned runs, WHIP, adjustment ERA (ERA+) and winning base ball reference (bWAR) (bWAR) in both innings (2.61),
The biggest difference is that degrom played 190 innings, and Schuester, who had a gap due to injury, had only 159.2 innings (Ryu Hyun-jin 168.2 innings). He is the undisputed No. 1 player in the strikeouts category with 239.
Meanwhile, in a mock AL Cy Young voting, Justin Verlander (Hueston) topped the list for the seventh straight time with 37 votes in the first place out of 42 votes. Fellow teammate Garrett Cole came in second with five first-place votes.
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