Could Leake steal the ROY?

[schmidtfan20]

What the guy has done so far is mighty impressive and a key to the Reds good season. I know Stras will come up
and win 20 but this guy has a 5 game head start, any chance?

Kevin

 

[P_Manning 18]

I think Heyward has it locked up right now..... but with 4 months left in the season... anything is possible.

And Strasburg will struggle with runners on base.... he showed that in AAA when he wasnt nearly as good throwing from the stretch.

 

[blitzerlover]

Its gotta be Heyward. Unless he falls off dramatically.

 

[schmidtfan20]

but isn't going 5-0 as a pitcher in the bigs more impressive than what Heyward has done? He has beaten St Louis
and the Dodgers!

Kevin

 

[kentuckyderby]

heavy lean towards Jason H but Mike Leake a respectable #2 right now

 

[notjomommasclint]

i dont think it would be stealing just yet. i think the second half will be tougher on him than heyward.

 

[lordsepic]

Don't leave Jaime Garcia out of it

 

[bradical]

Maybe Leake will get it as a hitter, batting .417.

 

[sportscardtheory]

Leake is pretty good.

 

[matchpenalty]

Leake also is stuck pitching half his games in a bandbox. Makes him even more impressive.

 

[jbhofmann]

Maybe Leake will get it as a hitter, batting .417.

If you watch the Reds on the regular you know this is not a joke.

 

[sportscardtheory]

Leake is quite literally the anti-Strasburg.

 

[All The Hype]

I'm not sure I understand how Heyward has this locked up. Can anyone explain?


Oh, and please leave the age factor out of it. It's impressive that he's only 20 or whatever, but a rookie is a rookie, and age really isn't taken into consideration for this award.

 

[SKYWALKER]

18 ER IN 11 STARTS THIS KID SHOULD BE 11-0

 

[bradical]

I'm not sure I understand how Heyward has this locked up. Can anyone explain?


Oh, and please leave the age factor out of it. It's impressive that he's only 20 or whatever, but a rookie is a rookie, and age really isn't taken into consideration for this award.

People are still drunk by the Hype-punch. There are other rookies out there with similar numbers that people have not even been mentioning in ROY contention.

 

[Jays_Cards]

I'm not sure I understand how Heyward has this locked up. Can anyone explain?


Oh, and please leave the age factor out of it. It's impressive that he's only 20 or whatever, but a rookie is a rookie, and age really isn't taken into consideration for this award.

People are still drunk by the Hype-punch. There are other rookies out there with similar numbers that people have not even been mentioning in ROY contention.

Really? Heyward is 5th in the NL in OBP, 11th in Slugging, and 7th in OPS. He is 9th in RBIs, 13th in HRs, and has almost as many BBs as SOs. There are very few players, never mind rookies, that can claim anything close to these numbers.

 

[ROLLTIDE4LIFE]

For you guys talking Heyward down tell me you aren't serious. Please, please tell me that.

 

[smapdi]

Heyward made the early noise, but he's started June with the worst numbers imaginable (.111 BA, .444 OPS, 0 RBI, a platinum sombrero game), so maybe he's been figured out to an extent, and/or he's pushing.

Leake is getting mentioned in many Strasburg stories, so there's some buzz building around him in the genpop as well. But his numbers worry me. Yes, results are what matter, but looking closer, I'm not sure he won't get figured out sooner than later. He has an alarmingly low strikeout rate for a guy with his WHIP, which has risen lately. This tells me his defense is making more outs than his arm. When hitters get more study on him, they'll be getting more hits, and the bloom will be off his rose.

It's going to be a real race this year. ROY often depends on how you finish, and considering a couple big names haven't even entered the race yet, no one has any kind of edge yet.

 

[r2d2]

Not taking into account Heyward right now, how is Laeke better than Jaime Garcia?

Garcia:
5-2
1.32 ERA
51 K
1.190 WHIP


Leake:
5-0
2.22 ERA
50 K (in more innings than Garcia)
1.233 WHIP

 

[Casey2884]

Don't leave Jaime Garcia out of it

Agreed. Garcia has better numbers and isn't getting nearly as much pub.