In baseball we give awards to those who have excelled. Best manager, Gold Gloves, Silver Sluggers are all great awards that we love to vote on and debate. It also makes us feel vindicated in our choices as GM when one of our players win one of these awards.
These are not those type of awards! I present to you the following award: WWAPNABI - What the hell is this acronym you might ask? It stands for We Want A Pitcher Not A Belly Itcher; this award will consist of 5 starters and 2 RP's that really had no damn business taking the mound as many times as they did.
(The qualifications were 125ip for a starter and 50ip for a RP; there were 5 categories for SP: Most HR's allowed, worst FIP, highest BB%, worst WAR, and worst opponent batting average against. 2 categories for RP: most meltdowns like a toddler, and most blown saves)
Champion Division
NYY - Masahiro Tanaka 42 HRA
CHC - Drew Smyly 5.96 FIP
CLE - Trevor Cahill 11.7 BB%
CLE - Nathan Eovaldi -.33 WAR
SEA - Mike Leake .318 AVG AG
CLE - Cody Allen 21 MD
BOS - Joe Kelly 10 BS
Honorable Mention: SEA - Max Povse: he had a -3.06 WPA so imagine the fans groans when they saw him head out to the mound.
Pro Division
CIN - Amir Garrett 68 HRA
CIN - Robert Stephenson 7.74 FIP
KC - Touki Toussaint 18.94 BB%
CIN - Amir Garrett -1.87 WAR
CIN - Cody Reed .310 AVG AG
CIN - Jimmy Herget 23 MD
CIN - Tadashige Aoki 8 BS
Honorable Mention: TEX - Brian Johnson, he sent gifts to the Cincy pitching staff as thanks for not allowing his dismal year show up as one of the worst ever for a pitcher.
Fed Division
BAL - Dan Straily 44 HRA
BAL - Dan Straily 6.33 FIP
MIA - Patrick Corbin 13.3 BB%
MIA - Tyler Glasnow -.88 WAR
SF - Johnny Cueto .333 AVG AG
MIA - Josh Smoker 20 MD
PHI - Holby Milner 7 BS
Honorable Mention: DET - Buck Farmer, somehow finished second worst in many categories but not first in any. Congrats Buck!
What did we learn here today? Cincinnati's pitchers have some well scratched bellies!