Julio Urías has had a stellar season for the Dodgers and he deserves to be in the conversation with Miami's Sandy Alcantara for the NL Cy Young award.
Julio Urías’ family gathers around a TV in Culiacán every time he pitches. They pray for the Dodgers ace who overcame eye surgeries to become a star.of the Milwaukee Brewers, won 11 games. The magic of “20-game winner” has been devalued by the statistical understanding that pitchers should not be judged by the run support they get.
WAR should never be used as the default definition of best, in anything, in part because different inputs deliver different results. In the Fangraphs version of WAR, Burnes was the leader last year, and Rodon is the leader this year. The analytics revolution has produced a blizzard of statistics, and feel free to pick and choose in support of your favorite candidate.That he is. Alcantara has thrown 229 innings and six complete games; no pitcher has matched either number in six years.
“We should be protecting our young arms,” said Scott Boras, the agent for Urías. “Alcantara is a young arm.Plaschke: Dave Roberts hopes title-or-bust Dodgers fans can learn to enjoy the ride And, in 2022, Alcantara has pitched more often than anyone else, and very well. If the argument is that Urías should win the Cy Young because he did what Burnes did last year — lead the league in ERA, but not in innings, and on a playoff team at that — Burnes himself isn’t buying it.