NL Cy Young: San Francisco Giant Tim Lincecum

by faketeams on Nov 11, 2008 1:30 PM EST in Baseball

The Fake Teams-voted Cy Young winner for 2008 is San Frnacisco Giant Tim Lincecum. With striekouts being so important in fantasy baseball, this is not too surprising. While Brandon Webb's 22 Wins is impressive, the long-time fantasy baseball owner has learned about the fickleness of the stat.

I would be surprised if the BBWAA didn't agree with Tim lincecum. I am more curious to see how the rest of the ballot shakes out. Outside of Webb, the other candidates were missing the Wins, NL service time or p.r. necessary to mount serious candidacies.

NL Cy Young Results:

Rank	Player	Team	Total
1	Tim Lincecum	San Francisco Giants	170
2	Brandon Webb	Arizona Cardinals	117
3	Johan Santana	New York Mets	112
4	C.C. Sabathia	Milwaukee Brewers	89
5	Cole Hamels	Philadelphia Phillies	27
6	Brad Lidge	Philadelphia Phillies	22
7	Ryan Dempster	Chicago Cubs	13
8	Chad Billingsley	Los Angeles Dodgers	11

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Actual results

2008 NL Cy Young Award Voting
Pitcher, Club 1st 2nd 3rd Points
Tim Lincecum, SF 23 7 1 137
Brandon Webb, ARI 4 15 8 73
Johan Santana, NYM 4 8 11 55
Brad Lidge, PHI 1 7 10
CC Sabathia, MIL 1 1 1 9
Ryan Dempster, CHC 4 4

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by faketeams on Nov 11, 2008 2:25 PM EST reply actions

Fantasy surprises

Lincecum was a small surprise, but it wasn’t out of the question he’d have a great year.

Webb and Santana were expected to compete (though I guess you have to consider Santana a bit of a bust)

Is the lack of Zambrano on this list the biggest surprise?

by Skeller on Nov 11, 2008 8:19 PM EST reply actions

Santana

was hyped like nobody’s business in spring training….ESPN predicting 22 wins….well, they would have been right had it not been for the Mets pitiful bullpen. He pitched great in the 2nd half.
Big Z was really up and down all year….
Holden Kushner on XM Radio felt that Santana should have won it as he pitched in alot more high pressure playoff-type games than Lincecum….he has a point. Maybe next year.

raygu

by Ray Guilfoyle on Nov 11, 2008 9:37 PM EST reply actions