Santana for the CY? Heyman says so.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

From his column today:

NL Cy Young
1. Santana. Gets edge over CC for ERA title and for being in the NL all year.

2. Sabathia. Sheer second-half dominance.

3. Lidge. Though tough to leave out Webb and especially Lincecum (18-5, with a league-leading 265 strikeouts) in this year with at least five deserving candidates.

NL Cy Old: Tom Gorzelanny. Ugliest numbers ever, including a demonic 6.66 ERA.

[metsmarathon]

lidge over lincecum is just plain dumb. sabathia over lincecum (and webb) is also dumb, as, like santana, they were actually in the nl in april and may.

[Vic Sage]

i can see the argument for Santana over Lincecum (i.e., unlike Lincecum, Santana had to pitch in a pennant race, with a bad bullpen), even though i don't necessarily agree with it, but Heyman doesn't even bother articulating any justification for picking the guy with 16 wins for a winning team over the guy with 18 wins on a losing team (with ERA, IP, WHIP, Ks, and most other peripherals running neck-and-neck)

but to rank over Lincecum one guy who pitched in the NL for less than 1/2 a season, and another who, as a closer, pitched less than 1/4 of Lincecum's innings, is just plain stupid.