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Originally Posted by Snowman
If it gets awarded to whoever has the best W/L record and the best ERA, then yes, it is borderline meaningless. As has been mentioned earlier in this thread, the award has gone to countless pitchers over the years who clearly did not deserve it.
But it wouldn't be that difficult to make it meaningful. They just need to look at the right statistics. They finally figured this out for offensive players. Maybe they'll come around sooner or later with pitchers too? Who knows.
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Sample size is just as small for all statistics, no?
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