Real pumped for the game.. Can't wait... So thinking that we may have the top two pitchers right now, healthy, playing, in the league. This is gut - without looking at stats, facts, or any other considerations.. So let's look..
Top 2 in ERA (4 and 9) in the Top 10
| K | Player | Team | ERA▲ |
| 1 | Beachy, B | ATL | 1.98 |
| 2 | Sale, C | CWS | 2.05 |
| 3 | Vogelsong, R | SF | 2.26 |
| 4 | Gonzalez, G | WSH | 2.35 |
| 5 | McDonald, J | PIT | 2.39 |
| 6 | Wilson, C | LAA | 2.39 |
| 7 | Price, D | TB | 2.4 |
| 8 | Cain, M | SF | 2.41 |
| 9 | Strasburg, S | WSH | 2.41 |
| 10 | Dickey, R | NYM | 2.44 |
Top 2 in Wins (3 and 9) in the top ten
| Name | Team | W | L | |
| 1 | Dickey, R | NYM | 9 | 1 |
| 1 | Lynn, L | STL | 9 | 2 |
| 3 | Capuano, C | LAD | 8 | 2 |
| 3 | Gonzalez, G | WSH | 8 | 2 |
| 3 | Hamels, C | PHI | 8 | 3 |
| 3 | Harrison, M | TEX | 8 | 3 |
| 3 | Price, D | TB | 8 | 3 |
| 3 | Sale, C | CWS | 8 | 2 |
| 9 | Bumgarner, M | SF | 7 | 4 |
| 9 | Cain, M | SF | 7 | 2 |
| 9 | Darvish, Y | TEX | 7 | 4 |
| 9 | Greinke, Z | MIL | 7 | 2 |
| 9 | Hanson, T | ATL | 7 | 4 |
| 9 | Lowe, D | CLE | 7 | 4 |
| 9 | Miley, W | ARI | 7 | 2 |
| 9 | Morrow, B | TOR | 7 | 3 |
| 9 | Nova, I | NYY | 7 | 2 |
| 9 | Romero, R | TOR | 7 | 1 |
| 9 | Sabathia, C | NYY | 7 | 3 |
| 9 | Strasburg, S | WSH | 7 | 1 |
I mean damn.. that feels pretty good right there.. mmm.. but wait.. is there more?
Top 3 in WHIP (10, 12, 14) (Ejax bonus!) in the top fourteen
| Name | Team | WHIP | |
| 1 | Sale, C | CWS | 0.92 |
| 2 | Weaver, J | LAA | 0.93 |
| 3 | Cain, M | SF | 0.94 |
| 4 | Peavy, J | CWS | 0.97 |
| 5 | Morrow, B | TOR | 0.99 |
| 6 | McDonald, J | PIT | 1 |
| 7 | Beachy, B | ATL | 1 |
| 8 | Kershaw, C | LAD | 1 |
| 9 | Verlander, J | DET | 1 |
| 10 | Gonzalez, G | WSH | 1 |
| 11 | Lee, C | PHI | 1.01 |
| 12 | Jackson, E | WSH | 1.02 |
| 13 | Dickey, R | NYM | 1.04 |
| 14 | Strasburg, S | WSH | 1.04 |
I'm just greedy now.. and thinking that I should make more gut decisions.. maybe I'll do that today.. So what do you think? Would you take any other top 2 in the world series today and you were gonna only use 2 guys .. like back in the day.. just slingin guts.. the only drawback I can come up with is neither have them have been on the big stage from what I understand.. Would they crumble?.. I don't think so.. do you?
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