Jayson Stark Writes That Aroldis Chapman is Easily the National League Cy Young Winner and By Far the Most Dominant Pitcher in the Game.
Aroldis Chapman - 2012 Cincinnati Reds
53 Games, 57.0 IP
25 Hits Allowed, 8 Earned Runs, 3 HR Allowed
4-4, 28 Saves/32 Opportunities
1.26 ERA, .127 BA Against, 0.68 WHIP
106 SO/14 BB, 16.74 K/9
Article Highlights:
--"Who has been the most dominant pitcher in this league? Friends, if that's the question, how is there any answer this year besides Chapman?"--
--"106 strikeouts, 25 hits. Unless something bizarre happens, this man's numbers project out to make him the first relief pitcher in history with 110 more strikeouts than hits. Crazy."--
--"The batting average of the 216 hitters who have had the misfortune to step into the box against Chapman this year is an insane .127. Want to guess how many pitchers in the live-ball era have proved to be that unhittable in any season of 50 innings or more? Not a one."--
--"Do you realize this guy is piling up more than four strikeouts for every hit he allows (4.24, to be precise)? Once again, nobody has ever done that in a year in which he pitched this many innings."--
--"Want to talk domination? This guy has thrown 964 pitches this year. Only 9.9 percent of them (95) have been put in play. You have got to be kidding."--
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Jerry Crasnick Tells Us All About Billy Hamilton: His Life and Background, His Speed and Determination, His Projected Date of Arrival in the Bigs.
Billy Hamilton - 2012 (A - Bakersfield, AA - Pensacola)
113 Games (82 A/31 AA), 448 AB (337 A, 111 AA)
.315 BA, .412 OBP, .431 SLG, .843 OPS
141 Hits, 20 2B, 13 3B, 2 HR, 41 RBI
103 Runs, 73 BB, 95 SO
139 SB, 31 CS
Article Highlights:
--"At every stop, Hamilton does something novel to burnish his reputation as a game-changer. If he's not turning a double into a triple, he's scoring from first base on a single. In mid-July, Hamilton rounded the bases in 13.8 seconds for an inside-the-park homer -- faster than the 14.3 clocked by Los Angeles Angels outfielder Peter Bourjos against Minnesota in April."--
--"The Reds appear to be in no hurry to push Hamilton to Cincinnati, likely because they're not required to place him on the 40-man roster and protect him from the Rule 5 draft until after the 2013 season. Although Dusty Baker recently told reporters that Hamilton "possibly" could join the club in September as a late-inning base-stealing weapon, it has not been a prominent topic of discussion among Cincinnati's front-office people. 'All our discussions about Billy have been about his long-term development,' Bavasi said."--
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