![]() In the American League, a rejuvenated Justin Verlander is the frontrunner – unless he splits the vote with any of the two other Houston starters with Cy Young potential in Dallas Keuchel and Gerrit Cole. He’ll win his fourth (currently-dubbed) Cy Young Award this year. There will be a good argument to be made after Clayton Kershaw’s career is over to change the name of the honor to the Young/Kershaw Award. There’s no reason to believe he can’t be just as dominant in 2018. The gap between Corey Kluber and the rest of the AL in 2017 was almost two WAR points (if WAR is your thing). His season will end in an even larger cash bonanza after an opt-out or Dodger contract extension. LCĬlayton Kershaw hasn’t won a Cy Young in three seasons – for this southpaw, that feels like a Cubs-like drought. Sale has come close several times, if he can avoid a glitch like the one he had late last summer he is probably the American League’s best pitcher. If he can make 30 starts no one will have better numbers. A pair of back injuries the last two seasons have kept Kershaw from winning the award four of the last five years. DG Cy Young winnersĬlayton Kershaw and Chris Sale. In the NL, give it to Paul Goldschmidt for soldiering on with big numbers despite not having nearly as much talent around him. Either way, the MVP is Stanton’s if he stays healthy. Now that he’ll get 81 games in Yankee Stadium – as well as nearly 20 more in Fenway Park and Camden Yards – and have much better protection around him in the lineup, 70 homers is a real possibility. Giancarlo Stanton hit 59 home runs last year and had a 1.007 OPS while playing in a pitchers’ park. But Judge and Stanton are guaranteed every night to deliver either massive home run(s) or mammoth whiffs. Watch five Mike Trout games all year, for example, and you might have the misfortune of seeing him go 0-for-4 every time, even in the midst of a. It’s hard to drop in on even the best baseball players for a single game throughout the 162-game schedule and expect magic. ![]() Judge and Stanton combined to strike out 310 times last season: if renewables are your thing, find a way to capture the gales whipping up in the Bronx. I’m not talking about home-run juice, but rather the byproduct, windpower. producing energy, enough to light up a small town. He and Judge will hit a lot of home runs but New York could have a huge hole to fill if Stanton goes on the disabled list in August or September. While having two huge sluggers in their prime is a coup for the Yankees, injuries held Stanton to just 115 games in the previous seasons before last year. powerful but don’t expect them to be on the field together all season. ![]()
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