King Felix Wins AL Cy Young

It was announced today that Felix Hernandez won the American League Cy Young award. Well deserved. I personally favored Cliff Lee because he dominated in most sabermetrical statistics I typically look at for pitchers:

Fangraphs' WAR
Cliff Lee: +7.1
Felix Hernandez: +6.3

FIP
Cliff Lee: 2.58
Felix Hernandez: 3.04

tERA
Cliff Lee: 2.65
Felix Hernandez: 2.93 

SIERA
Cliff Lee: 3.03
Felix Hernandez: 3.16

However, with that said, I think King Felix was a fine choice, as one can easily make a strong case for him (for instance, would Cliff Lee maintain such a low FIP if he threw as many innings as Hernandez did?). I think the voters did a fine job here, as it's an indicator they are finally beginning to look deeper than just the useless pitcher wins stat. Let's hope this continues. But this shouldn't be about them - congratulations King Felix!

The Agenda

Welcome to my blog. The agenda here is quite simple: I like to evaluate and discuss the analytical and sabermetrical side of baseball. This includes trades, free agent signings, and sometimes just some articles about past or current baseball players. If you are a baseball fan that is more into the traditionalist statistics like batting average, homeruns, runs batted in (RBI), pitcher wins, and even ERA, I shall warn you that this site will use terms and acronyms you have probably never heard of. I do encourage you to read the blog though. If you have any questions on the stats I use or anything, feel free to look them up at sites like:

• Fangraphs
• Baseball Reference
• The Hardball Times

Or you can just drop a comment in the comments section and I'll do my best to reply. Oh, as for the blog title? Yeah I'm not Mr. Creativity over here, but since a hot topic in baseball has been umpires getting calls wrong and baseball writers voting the wrong way, I figured an appropriate title would be 'Get It Right'. I don't really like it, but it's just a damn blog title, so it'll do.