Is Brandon Webb the best pitcher in baseball?

[ELCABALLO45]

I belive he is. He is 9-0. He has a filthy SINKER and now has a above avg. change up. I love this guy.

 

EDIT: I can't belive I put slider. I was watching him pitch right when I put that as well. My Bad

Edited May 17, 2008 by support

[southpaw121505]

sinker?

 

Sure is hard to argue against his results right now

[PlayerHader]

I'd like to hear an arguement against him. There isn't a player with better numbers right now.

[Oldcity]

Webb-Haren at 1-2 isn't even fair.

[stoops17]

I enjoy watching him. I think he is definitely in the top two if not number one. I still think Johan Santana is great too.

[BrewCrewForever]

Lots of good ones out there. Webb, Santana, Sabathia (even though struggling this season), Zambrano, Sheets, Beckett, I could go on. But yeah this year it's hands down Webb, what he is doing is amazing.

[joepepsi]

I enjoy watching him. I think he is definitely in the top two if not number one. I still think Johan Santana is great too.

Santana didn't pitch a full season as a starter until his age 25 season. He's racking up wins fast since then, averaging 17.5 in his 4 full seasons as a starter. Cy Young will probably come down to Webb, Peavy, and Santana. Webb is the only one who doesn't enjoy a pitcher friendly home field.

 

[BrewCrewForever]

Crap how could I forget to add Peavy to my list.

[pitchleague]

unless the Padres turn things around, Peavy will have no chance to win the Cy Young this year (see 2004 Ben Sheets for more information)

[joepepsi]

I agree about Peavy. But he is pitching well, although he has a huge home/road split.

[recte44]

Cliff Lee is having a nice season, we'll see if it lasts.

[Gobias Industries]

Yes, Webb is nasty now that he's not strictly a sinker pitcher.

 

The pitcher I hate facing the most would have to be Peavey. He just has so much movement on his pitches that it makes it unfair. Hopefully we don't have to face him this year. He flat-out pwned the Crew last May.

[owbc]

Roy Halladay has 4 complete games this year in 9 starts--I find that to be amazing in this era of 6 inning starts being a success .

 

Still...the Diamondbacks are going to win the World Series if their 1-2 punch keeps up the way Johnson and Schilling did back in 2001.

 

Edit: I'll reluctantly add Carlos Zambrano to the list of top-10 pitchers right now also.

[DrWood]

webb is the first guy I'd pick to form my rotation.