Sabermetric Spotlight: Johnny Cueto, SP, Cincinnati Reds
The Reason -
I never would have guessed that a Cincinnati Reds pitcher would be having a CY Young caliber year. This is mainly due to playing at Great American Ballpark, a band box of sorts. I always try and avoid any pitchers who are throwing here and love picking up players who hit there. So to have Johnny perform this well, it’s something I would have never predicted. Now he is getting lots of plugs in CY Young talk, so lets see why!
Basic Numbers -
Lets look at the past five years at once, cool?
Hello consistent improvement. His ERA, and WHIP all improved steadily from 2008 to 2011. This year has been, at least statistically, a step back from 2011. However this year Cueto has 17 wins and will cross 200 IP for the first time in his career, two factors that will definitely play a part of the CY Young raace.
Sabermetrics -
The past two years have been stellar for Johnny. The only difference between the two are the incr...
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August 30, 2012
