King Felix Runaway Favorite For AL Cy Young by Tradesports Lyrics
Tradesports.com, the fantasy sports platform that allows users to trade sports outcomes like stocks, produced this article using the crowd data pulled from our long-term contest entitled “AL Cy Young Winner”. We hope for as much crowd commentary as possible via annotation from Genius members, which will blend nicely with our data!
When Felix Hernandez signed a $175 million, 7-year extension with the Seattle Mariners in 2013, many questioned his desire to win. A continual bottom-dweller in the AL West since the days of Edgar Martinez, the Mariners have been long removed of putting together a contending team.
That is, until this season.
Hernandez, who claims he signed the deal not just for the money, but because he wants to remain a Mariner for life, has been one of the main reasons for the team’s success. Hovering around 10 games over .500, the team is in a nice position to pick up one of the two American League Wild Card spots.
One word describes how King Felix has performed this season: brilliant. With his record currently standing at 13-4, he has struck out 197 batters in 185.1 innings pitched, both of which rank in the top 3 of all MLB starters. His WHIP of 0.87 and ERA of 1.99 are preposterously filthy. Opposing batters have hit just .195 against the ace this season. At one point in the season, he had 16-straight starts in which he allowed 2 or fewer runs over at least 7.0 innings pitched— which was the longest streak in the last 100 years.
At just 28 years old, Hernandez is a 9-year veteran. Already pitching an astounding 2,010.0 innings in his career, he has amassed a career record of 123-90 (while playing for awful Seattle teams), and has allowed just 1,799 hits (211 hits fewer than innings pitched) while holding a career ERA of 3.09.
If anyone has a shot at winning 300 games again, barring injury, King Felix might be the the guy to reach the magic number.
As you can imagine, public opinion has already handed the AL Cy Young award to Hernandez. His main competition is 2013 AL Cy Young winner Max Scherzer, who currently has a 14-4 record and 2.98 ERA. Those numbers are ordinarily great, but not when Hernandez is putting up the numbers explained above.
Here is what the crowd has shown on Tradesports.com’s “AL Cy Young Winner” contest…As you can see, in mid-July, “Felix Hernandez to win” was trading at 35%, but has steadily risen in the following weeks, trading as high as 71% in the beginning of this month. (Max Scherzer’s 14-strikeout gem in his last outing most likely made Hernandez’s stock slightly drop to 63%, where it is currently trading.) “Scherzer to win” is currently trading at 10%— which is the closest trading price to Scherzer.
The crowd has shown that if the season ended right now, there is only one person in contention of winning the highest pitching accolade: King Felix.
When Felix Hernandez signed a $175 million, 7-year extension with the Seattle Mariners in 2013, many questioned his desire to win. A continual bottom-dweller in the AL West since the days of Edgar Martinez, the Mariners have been long removed of putting together a contending team.
That is, until this season.
Hernandez, who claims he signed the deal not just for the money, but because he wants to remain a Mariner for life, has been one of the main reasons for the team’s success. Hovering around 10 games over .500, the team is in a nice position to pick up one of the two American League Wild Card spots.
One word describes how King Felix has performed this season: brilliant. With his record currently standing at 13-4, he has struck out 197 batters in 185.1 innings pitched, both of which rank in the top 3 of all MLB starters. His WHIP of 0.87 and ERA of 1.99 are preposterously filthy. Opposing batters have hit just .195 against the ace this season. At one point in the season, he had 16-straight starts in which he allowed 2 or fewer runs over at least 7.0 innings pitched— which was the longest streak in the last 100 years.
At just 28 years old, Hernandez is a 9-year veteran. Already pitching an astounding 2,010.0 innings in his career, he has amassed a career record of 123-90 (while playing for awful Seattle teams), and has allowed just 1,799 hits (211 hits fewer than innings pitched) while holding a career ERA of 3.09.
If anyone has a shot at winning 300 games again, barring injury, King Felix might be the the guy to reach the magic number.
As you can imagine, public opinion has already handed the AL Cy Young award to Hernandez. His main competition is 2013 AL Cy Young winner Max Scherzer, who currently has a 14-4 record and 2.98 ERA. Those numbers are ordinarily great, but not when Hernandez is putting up the numbers explained above.
Here is what the crowd has shown on Tradesports.com’s “AL Cy Young Winner” contest…As you can see, in mid-July, “Felix Hernandez to win” was trading at 35%, but has steadily risen in the following weeks, trading as high as 71% in the beginning of this month. (Max Scherzer’s 14-strikeout gem in his last outing most likely made Hernandez’s stock slightly drop to 63%, where it is currently trading.) “Scherzer to win” is currently trading at 10%— which is the closest trading price to Scherzer.
The crowd has shown that if the season ended right now, there is only one person in contention of winning the highest pitching accolade: King Felix.