Quote Originally Posted by gut View Post
Speaking of Scherzer, its nuts to think about how he'll finish no higher than 4th in the NL CY Young voting, after going 14-12 with a 2.79 ERA, a 0.918 WHIP, and 276/34 K/BB in 228 IP. Oh and 2 no-hitters. But he's still CLEARLY behind the other big 3, if not others.

Just as recently as 2006, Brandon Webb won the award after going 16-8 with a 3.10 ERA, 178/50 in 235 innings.
Strike Zone must have changed and pitchers are being rewarded. Look at how many guys struck out 200 batters this year and look at how low some of these ERA and whip numbers are. All the while you still have a shitload of guys hitting 30+ and some more hitting 40+