Gonzalez, Dickey 1-2 in latest rankings of NL starting pitchers

Gio Gonzalez is just edging out R.A. Dickey in latest computer rankings of NL starting pitchers released by Bias Free Rankings.   It’s clear either Gonzalez or Dickey will win the Cy Young, and probably the edge would probably go to Dickey, who leads in most of the statistical categories except for wins.   And because the Nationals are going to the playoffs and the Mets are going nowhere, baseball writers somehow give more credence to that — but shouldn’t.  The Cy Young should go to the best pitcher, period, regardless of how the team has done when he HASN’T pitched.

RK		Player	Team	GP	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	K	TP	WHIP	Rating	p/Gm
1		Gio Gonzalez	WAS	30	30	186.1	19	8	2.95	72	196	3002	1.14	42.01	100.07
2		R.A. Dickey	NYM	30	29	205.0	18	5	2.68	48	197	2915	1.04	41.48	97.17
3		Stephen Strasburg	WAS	28	28	159.1	15	6	3.16	48	197	2607	1.15	37.89	93.11
4		Cole Hamels	PHI	28	28	197.1	15	6	3.06	49	192	3008	1.12	37.52	107.43
5		Clayton Kershaw	LAD	30	30	206.2	12	9	2.70	53	206	3151	1.02	36.38	105.03
6		Yovani Gallardo	MIL	30	30	186.1	15	8	3.72	72	188	3170	1.29	36.29	105.67
7		Johnny Cueto	CIN	30	30	197.0	17	9	2.92	44	157	3162	1.18	36.10	105.40
8		Matt Cain	SF	29	29	199.1	14	5	2.93	45	177	3070	1.05	35.22	105.86
9		Madison Bumgarner	SF	29	29	192.2	14	10	3.32	41	175	2993	1.10	34.58	103.21
10		A.J. Burnett	PIT	27	27	174.2	15	7	3.66	56	157	2644	1.25	33.29	97.93

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