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Title: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on June 11, 2009, 04:54:06 PM
 8) ???
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: Twentytwofifty on June 11, 2009, 07:14:43 PM
Santana, Halladay...the rest
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Post by: J.D. Wykid, Esq. on June 11, 2009, 09:19:33 PM
ive never heard of Sabethia...is he any good?  ;)
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Post by: Tay on June 11, 2009, 09:29:43 PM
I'd go with Halladay, he just dominates every start and is so efficient. Santana and Lincecum throw some nasty stuff but walk more batters and don't throw quite as many innings. Halladay has some of the best control in the history of the game.
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: TraceOneInfinite on June 12, 2009, 07:58:44 AM
what the fuck?  No Zack Grienke?   His numbers are as good as anyone else this year.  He started out the year 7-0 with a 00.00 ERA.  I know he plays for the Royals but don't forget... WE ARE TECHNICALLY A MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on June 12, 2009, 08:01:55 AM
lolllllllllllllllll

i think Grienke is just this years cliff lee
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: Chamillitary Click on June 12, 2009, 11:06:38 AM
Santana hands down.

Doc is a close second.
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Post by: S P I C E on June 12, 2009, 11:24:00 AM
It is between Lincy, Santana and Doc.  I can't really decide lol.

Cain should definitely be on this list if Billingsley is
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: "THE" MoSav on June 12, 2009, 01:24:11 PM
It is between Lincy, Santana and Doc.  I can't really decide lol.

Cain should definitely be on this list if Billingsley is

exactly and same with grienke
I gotta go with Doc Right now, hes unhittable
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: Chamillitary Click on June 12, 2009, 08:54:47 PM
 :o :o :o

how could i forget Lincy?

but honestly, if we were rating them by numbers it would go:

Johan - 10
Doc - 10
Lincy - 9.7 lol

he's like the smallest step down to them in my opinon, but that's crazy concidering his age.
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on June 12, 2009, 09:13:12 PM
Lincecum is nowhere near Johan

he'd be more like a 9.0
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: S P I C E on June 12, 2009, 10:35:16 PM
Lincecum is nowhere near Johan

he'd be more like a 9.0

LOL at nowhere near Johan :D  I bet you Fits would disagree with that

Lincecum tonight threw a complete game shutout 8)
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: TraceOneInfinite on June 12, 2009, 10:42:46 PM
lolllllllllllllllll

i think Grienke is just this years cliff lee

No.. Grienke is for real.  It's not a fluke. 
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: Chamillitary Click on June 12, 2009, 11:24:12 PM
lolllllllllllllllll

i think Grienke is just this years cliff lee

No.. Grienke is for real.  It's not a fluke. 

honestly, he has to prove it lol.
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: TraceOneInfinite on June 13, 2009, 04:27:15 AM
lolllllllllllllllll

i think Grienke is just this years cliff lee

No.. Grienke is for real.  It's not a fluke. 

honestly, he has to prove it lol.

This isn't the first year that he's been good..... in 2007...  He won about 14 games (which is a lot when you pitch for the Royals, I think they were near dead last in hitting)

Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on June 13, 2009, 05:52:33 AM
he won 13 games , 10 losses and an ERA+ of 123


LOL @ comparing that to Johan or Doc Halladay last year
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: herpes on June 13, 2009, 08:27:50 AM
If Grienke was a Yankee Hack would be sucking him off right now.  Look at the verbal ball washing they gave Joba after last season.  And Grienke is for real.  Coming up he was called the next Greg Maddux and he is finally living up to the hype.  Grienke is for real but no one will notice him until 4 years from now when his contract is up and people like Hack and Cham will be saying Zack was destined to be a Yankee.
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Post by: TraceOneInfinite on June 13, 2009, 10:18:01 AM
If Grienke was a Yankee Hack would be sucking him off right now.  Look at the verbal ball washing they gave Joba after last season.  And Grienke is for real.  Coming up he was called the next Greg Maddux and he is finally living up to the hype.  Grienke is for real but no one will notice him until 4 years from now when his contract is up and people like Hack and Cham will be saying Zack was destined to be a Yankee.

Word... and his ERA is 1.70 which means he is leading the league.  So how can he not be on the list when he has the best ERA?
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: J.D. Wykid, Esq. on June 13, 2009, 12:06:44 PM
ive said it before..and ill say it again...NO ONE fucking with Grienke this year. 

instead of saying hes "this years cliff lee" how about hes "this years lincecum".   ;)
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: Tay on June 13, 2009, 12:17:00 PM
Greinke has come down to earth a little bit after his amazing start, and he is still pitching really well. The Yankees fans are just bitter that they dump all that money into a rotation that includes Wang and doesn't have a top 5 pitcher. I'd be mad too.
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: Twentytwofifty on June 13, 2009, 01:54:30 PM
Grienke has been the best pitcher this year, but that doesn't make him the best pitcher in baseball.  He has to keep this up longer to surpass the likes of Santana and Halladay. 
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: Tay on June 13, 2009, 02:00:50 PM
^^That's pretty much my stance on it. If we're choosing who starts the All-Star Game then it would have to be him. But I think Halladay and Santana are 1-2 for how long they've been dominant. I also think Halladay will end up with the better season and Cy Young over Greinke as long as his injury isn't serious.
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Post by: Chamillitary Click on June 13, 2009, 02:34:09 PM
If Grienke was a Yankee Hack would be sucking him off right now.  Look at the verbal ball washing they gave Joba after last season.  And Grienke is for real.  Coming up he was called the next Greg Maddux and he is finally living up to the hype.  Grienke is for real but no one will notice him until 4 years from now when his contract is up and people like Hack and Cham will be saying Zack was destined to be a Yankee.

did you read the thread title?

"BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???"

Grienke is not the best.

Johan, Doc & Lincy are hands down, no brainer, better than him.

if everyone i just named are 5/5 pitchers, Zack is a 4/5 pitcher.

& he better put on the pinstripes before he retires! ;D 8)
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: S P I C E on June 13, 2009, 02:55:40 PM
ive said it before..and ill say it again...NO ONE fucking with Grienke this year. 

instead of saying hes "this years cliff lee" how about hes "this years lincecum".   ;)

Cain and Lincecum are DEFINITELY fucking with Grienke this year lol, Grienke hasn't been all that in his last few starts
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: Chamillitary Click on June 13, 2009, 03:41:57 PM
^yeah Cain is easily as good as Grienke.
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on June 13, 2009, 04:12:27 PM
Grienke has been the best pitcher this year, but that doesn't make him the best pitcher in baseball.  He has to keep this up longer to surpass the likes of Santana and Halladay. 

exactly - some of these guys are just slow
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: "THE" MoSav on June 14, 2009, 12:08:45 PM
I dont think people know HOW GOOD Cain is..How many Pitchers get better in the stretch? Cain is SUCH A COMPLETE PITCHER
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on June 14, 2009, 01:23:34 PM
lol  he's just a #2
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: "THE" MoSav on June 14, 2009, 01:59:33 PM
lol  he's just a #2

hes a number 1 anywhere but here Toronto, and New York
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: S P I C E on June 14, 2009, 04:28:28 PM
Cain complete game today!  9-1 with 2.31 era, easily the best pitcher in the MLB this year 8)

Lincecum and Cain the best pitching combo in the majors, that can't be debated
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on June 14, 2009, 04:48:05 PM
lol  he's just a #2

hes a number 1 anywhere but here Toronto, and New York

Boston?  Arizona?  San Diego?  detroit?  philly? seattle? la dodgers?


and from what i've been hearing, would he be an ace in kansas city?  (if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around to here it....)
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: S P I C E on June 14, 2009, 04:49:17 PM
lol  he's just a #2

hes a number 1 anywhere but here Toronto, and New York

Boston?  Arizona?  San Diego?  detroit?  philly? seattle? la dodgers?


and from what i've been hearing, would he be an ace in kansas city?  (if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around to here it....)

9-1 with a 2.37 era and 3 complete games,  what aren't you getting here?
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on June 14, 2009, 04:55:11 PM
lol  he's just a #2

hes a number 1 anywhere but here Toronto, and New York

Boston?  Arizona?  San Diego?  detroit?  philly? seattle? la dodgers?


and from what i've been hearing, would he be an ace in kansas city?  (if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around to here it....)

9-1 with a 2.37 era and 3 complete games,  what aren't you getting here?


pitchers better than Matt Cain:


Johan Santana
CC Sabathia
Danny Haren
Doc Halladay
Jon Lester
Josh Beckett
Jake Peavy
Tim Lincecum
Chad Billingsley
Cole Hamels
....im gonna stop here when i shouldn't




not taking anything away from MAtt Cain but lets not let two months blind someone into thinking he's better than Johan freaking Santana
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: S P I C E on June 14, 2009, 04:57:16 PM
^^LMFAO, Thanks for the good laugh!  Your argument about "2 months" and then putting Billingsly on the list is priceless lol, step it up.

I will repeat myself again, 9-1, 2.37era and 3 complete games
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on June 14, 2009, 04:59:42 PM
^^LMFAO, Thanks for the good laugh!  Your argument about "2 months" and then putting Billingsly on the list is priceless lol, step it up.

I will repeat myself again, 9-1, 2.37era and 3 complete games

 ::) wow.


i'm no Dodger fan keep in mind.  Matt Cain ain't shit compared to Billingsley and you know this.  Lincecum on the other hand, that nigga is crazy.
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: S P I C E on June 14, 2009, 05:02:00 PM
How can you say Matt Cain is not close to Billingsley!!  Where is the logic in that statement?  Now Lincy is better than both because he won cy young last year and has been amazing again this year but lets compare Chad and Matt this year.  Same amount of wins but Cain has better era and 2 less losses, you saying Cain isn't shit compared to Billingsley is making it difficult to take you serious here.
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: J.D. Wykid, Esq. on June 14, 2009, 05:05:11 PM
whats cains k/bb ratio? 
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: S P I C E on June 14, 2009, 05:08:39 PM
whats cains k/bb ratio? 

not as good as Chad's but he is still strikeout machine and with 2.37 era that stat doesn't mean anything.  Billingsley is great but to say Cain isn't shit compared to him is plain laughable.
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: J.D. Wykid, Esq. on June 14, 2009, 05:13:13 PM
billingsley gets slept on.

if it wasnt for some pitchers putting up better numbers, he would win the cy young. ;)

*yes, for the slow ones, that was a joke*
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: S P I C E on June 14, 2009, 05:14:34 PM
billingsley gets slept on.

if it wasnt for some pitchers putting up better numbers, he would win the cy young. ;)

*yes, for the slow ones, that was a joke*

Chad has been great, him and Cain are on top of NL cy young race right now and then Lincecum followed by Johan. Still 3 and a half months left so we will see 8)
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: J.D. Wykid, Esq. on June 14, 2009, 05:16:00 PM
whats cains k/bb ratio? 

not as good as Chad's but he is still strikeout machine and with 2.37 era that stat doesn't mean anything.  Billingsley is great but to say Cain isn't shit compared to him is plain laughable.

yeah..theyre comparable..but bills has certain better stats, and vice versa.  

if bills would just have confidence in his stuff, he would be #1 in the mlb...but i still think he trys to strike everyone out..and sometimes that gets him in trouble.  he'll learn tho..in 2 years, he will be in that #1 talk :bandit:
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: J.D. Wykid, Esq. on June 14, 2009, 05:17:57 PM
billingsley gets slept on.

if it wasnt for some pitchers putting up better numbers, he would win the cy young. ;)

*yes, for the slow ones, that was a joke*

Chad has been great, him and Cain are on top of NL cy young race right now and then Lincecum followed by Johan. Still 3 and a half months left so we will see 8)

A LOT of great pitching this year...no doubt about that...sucks to be a hitter in the NLW...Lincecum, Bills, Haren, Cain, Webb, Peavy..jesus.  no wonder the NLW isnt all that good when it comes to hitting ;)

has there ever been a tie in the cy young voting?

EDIT: nvm.. "There has been only one tie in the voting, in 1969 ( Mike Cuellar of the Baltimore Orioles and Denny McLain of the Detroit Tigers), and that prompted a change: Instead of voting for one pitcher, writers had to make first-, second-and third-place choices. Only seven times has a writer ever split a vote between two pitchers, and there's no need to do so this year."
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: Tay on June 14, 2009, 09:39:35 PM
lol  he's just a #2
He is actually in the slot as our #3 starter 8)

It's not a one-year thing though, he has been good since he came into the league but he was a victim of the worst run-support in the league. There's a reason teams were trying to get him last season around the deadline and this offseason. The top 2 pitchers had rough weekends, hopefully Halladay's injury is no big deal. As for Santana, I saw a rumor about his velocity being down, but I think he will dominate his next start.
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: "THE" MoSav on June 14, 2009, 09:42:25 PM
People saying 2 Months is a Joke, Check his last 2 years great years with ZERO RUN SUPPORT
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Post by: "THE" MoSav on June 14, 2009, 09:43:30 PM
lol  he's just a #2

hes a number 1 anywhere but here Toronto, and New York

Boston?  Arizona?  San Diego?  detroit?  philly? seattle? la dodgers?


and from what i've been hearing, would he be an ace in kansas city?  (if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around to here it....)

i stick with wat i said..
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: "THE" MoSav on June 14, 2009, 09:49:13 PM
lol  he's just a #2

hes a number 1 anywhere but here Toronto, and New York

Boston?  Arizona?  San Diego?  detroit?  philly? seattle? la dodgers?


and from what i've been hearing, would he be an ace in kansas city?  (if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around to here it....)

9-1 with a 2.37 era and 3 complete games,  what aren't you getting here?


pitchers better than Matt Cain:


Johan Santana
CC Sabathia
Danny Haren
Doc Halladay
Jon Lester
Josh Beckett
Jake Peavy
Tim Lincecum
Chad Billingsley
Cole Hamels
....im gonna stop here when i shouldn't




not taking anything away from MAtt Cain but lets not let two months blind someone into thinking he's better than Johan freaking Santana

said toronto and the mets so that would mean i didnt say santana..LOL@lester, Beckett and Peavy right now bein better then Cain..Lester lucky to have 5 wins and beckett should have like 4 or 5 wins not 7..
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: J.D. Wykid, Esq. on June 14, 2009, 10:46:02 PM
lol  he's just a #2

hes a number 1 anywhere but here Toronto, and New York

Boston?  Arizona?  San Diego?  detroit?  philly? seattle? la dodgers?


and from what i've been hearing, would he be an ace in kansas city?  (if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around to here it....)

i stick with wat i said..

on the dodgers he would be a #2...simply for the fact that bills is homegrown..and they have similar numbers.  bills would get the opening day start nod over him in a heart beat. 
Title: Re: BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL???
Post by: "THE" MoSav on June 15, 2009, 11:36:17 AM
lol  he's just a #2

hes a number 1 anywhere but here Toronto, and New York

Boston?  Arizona?  San Diego?  detroit?  philly? seattle? la dodgers?


and from what i've been hearing, would he be an ace in kansas city?  (if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around to here it....)

i stick with wat i said..

on the dodgers he would be a #2...simply for the fact that bills is homegrown..and they have similar numbers.  bills would get the opening day start nod over him in a heart beat. 

not if ur manager was smart 8)