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[h=1]MLB's first 16-game winner was no one's AL Cy Young pick[/h]
<cite class="byline vcard top-line">By Mark Townsend<abbr>10 hours ago</abbr></cite>
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Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we’ll look at the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about.
The beautiful thing about baseball is that no one’s story is complete until the author decides it’s time to close the book. That means anything can happen from the moment we perceive their career to be winding down, to the moment the final period is placed at the end of the story.
Often times, the narrative that’s written during that period is far more compelling than the narrative we assumed would define their career. One such pitcher who is proving that to be true is Toronto Blue Jays left-hander J.A. Happ. Over the past year, he’s completely changed the narrative of his career and that’s led him to now becoming one of baseball’s most effective hurlers......
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To recap, at this point last season, Happ was traded from Seattle to Pittsburgh in a deal that seemingly had little consequence. He was going to Pittsburgh simply to provide depth, but instead reinvented himself to provide quality production. He posted a 1.85 ERA over 11 starts, becoming a key cog on a postseason team.
Now that he’s with Toronto, Happ is continuing his resurgence. With six scoreless innings in Wednesday’s 7-0 win against the Rays, he became baseball’s first 16-game winner.
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<figcaption>Toronto’s J.A. Happ is MLB’s first 16-game winner. (AP)</figcaption></figure>Granted, wins don’t tell the whole story, but his 2.96 ERA is pretty good too. Happ has been more focused, more efficient and more confident, which has allowed the wins to pile up.
It helps that Toronto’s offense is among baseball’s best. That makes it easier for Happ to put mistakes behind him. He’s getting more ground balls and limiting damage better than at any point in his 10-year career, and that’s put him in the Cy Young conversation.
It’s funny, because even one month ago Happ was at best on the fringe of that conversation. Heck, he wasn’t even an All-Star. We all assumed Chris Sale or Stephen Strasburg would continue separating from the pack on the way to 20 wins. Now though, it’s Happ who’s best positioned to win 20 games and perhaps complete an underdog story that would be impossible to match.
[h=1]MLB's first 16-game winner was no one's AL Cy Young pick[/h]
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Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we’ll look at the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about.
The beautiful thing about baseball is that no one’s story is complete until the author decides it’s time to close the book. That means anything can happen from the moment we perceive their career to be winding down, to the moment the final period is placed at the end of the story.
Often times, the narrative that’s written during that period is far more compelling than the narrative we assumed would define their career. One such pitcher who is proving that to be true is Toronto Blue Jays left-hander J.A. Happ. Over the past year, he’s completely changed the narrative of his career and that’s led him to now becoming one of baseball’s most effective hurlers......
[Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now]
To recap, at this point last season, Happ was traded from Seattle to Pittsburgh in a deal that seemingly had little consequence. He was going to Pittsburgh simply to provide depth, but instead reinvented himself to provide quality production. He posted a 1.85 ERA over 11 starts, becoming a key cog on a postseason team.
Now that he’s with Toronto, Happ is continuing his resurgence. With six scoreless innings in Wednesday’s 7-0 win against the Rays, he became baseball’s first 16-game winner.
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<figcaption>Toronto’s J.A. Happ is MLB’s first 16-game winner. (AP)</figcaption></figure>Granted, wins don’t tell the whole story, but his 2.96 ERA is pretty good too. Happ has been more focused, more efficient and more confident, which has allowed the wins to pile up.
It helps that Toronto’s offense is among baseball’s best. That makes it easier for Happ to put mistakes behind him. He’s getting more ground balls and limiting damage better than at any point in his 10-year career, and that’s put him in the Cy Young conversation.
It’s funny, because even one month ago Happ was at best on the fringe of that conversation. Heck, he wasn’t even an All-Star. We all assumed Chris Sale or Stephen Strasburg would continue separating from the pack on the way to 20 wins. Now though, it’s Happ who’s best positioned to win 20 games and perhaps complete an underdog story that would be impossible to match.
