Arrieta almost belted Zack Greinke in a abutting vote for the award. He placed aboriginal on 17 of the 30 BBWAA ballots. Greinke almost absent out on acceptable his additional Cy Young Award, acrimonious up 10 aboriginal abode votes.
Given their performances, it was no abruptness the vote was close. While both pitchers were exceptional, the voters autonomous to go with Arrieta.
His numbers were staggering. Arrieta acquaint a 1.77 ERA, with 22 wins, over 229 innings. He alveolate 238 strikeouts, threw four complete amateur and accomplished with a 7.3 fWAR. On top of that, Arrieta tossed a no-hitter during an August alpha adjoin Greinke’s Los Angeles Dodgers.
When the Cubs bare him the most, Arrieta rose to the occasional. Over his final 12 starts, the 29-year-old went 11-0, with a 0.41 ERA over 88 1/3 innings. His achievement was historically great.
In that sense, it’s applicable that Arrieta’s 2015 will now reside on for all eternity. Historically abundant performances should be rewarded, and Arrieta’s additional bisected will consistently be a allotment of our anamnesis if discussing his Cy Young win.
Just a few seasons ago, Arrieta had boilerplate to go but up. Now, he’s the best bullpen in the game. It’s safe to say that, even admitting he consistently had potential, no one saw this coming.
Given Arrieta’s improvements over the accomplished few seasons, we can’t delay to see what he does for an acclamation in 2016.
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