(06-21-2017 02:07 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(06-21-2017 01:57 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(06-21-2017 10:38 AM)stever20 Wrote:  Keuchel might be back next week. Sale's problem with him is that Keuchel can still make roughly 30 starts and qualify for the ERA title with around 180-190 innings. Sale would need Keuchel to struggle some to get his ERA up from where it is now to at least the 2.25 mark. And be able to pretty much match the number of wins that Keuchel has.

And Sale needs to be careful with Kluber quite frankly. If Kluber can pitch like he has this month consistently he's going to become a factor, especially if Sale struggles some.

But if Sale ends up with like 50-70 more innings it would give him an enormous advantage. Keuchel doesn't have a lot of room for error due to the games he missed

I don't think voters really look at that too much. ERA and wins far more important to them.

But Ks are meaningful and more innings for Sale will mean a lot more Ks. And if it's a significant difference in games started, Keuchel's results will get discounted. Let's face it, this isn't necessarily a conversation about who is the better pitcher, but who is most likely to get the most CY votes. Those are sometimes different pitchers.