Ron from Boston read the NL Cy Young post and wondered offline if Atlanta's Craig Kimbrel doesn't deserve consideration. Kimbrel's historic domination from the closer position deserves some award, but 63 innings, even high-leverage innings, just aren't as important as 230 from the starter's position.
That said, here in a nutshell is the extent to which Kimbrel toyed with National League hitters:
Just for fun, count all
the guys who walked against Kimbrel in 63 innings. Add all the guys who singled, doubled and tripled. Add the three batters who homered. Add both batters hit by pitches. Then add all the batters who grounded out, flew out, popped out, lined out
and sacrificed. Add the guys who hit into fielders' choices. Add them
all up. All of them.
That number is 115 batters. Kimbrel struck out 116, more than half the hitters he faced.
The German
word for that is: Unfreakenbelievable.
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