The Next 300 Game Winner
On both Saturday and Sunday night’s editions of Baseball Tonight, they had a segment where the analysts were asked who they thought the next 300 game winner might be after Randy Johnson most likely gets 2 more wins this season. Everyone said that no current players will get 300 wins. I think they overlooked someone: C.C. Sabathia. The key is that Sabathia is only 28 years old. He has 120 wins right now, which means he needs 180 more. If he pitches until he is 40 years old, that’s 15 wins a season for the next 12 years. Sure that’s a tall order, but he has the best chance of anyone pitching right now. Signing a big contract with the Yankees won’t hurt him getting run support, which goes a long way towards earning the W.
While the key to getting 300 wins is what you do after the age of 36, out of all of today’s active players, C.C. Sabathia has the best chance of anyone.
Comments
Bob, I think your suggestion is as good as anyone's at this point. But, one thing that none of us can predict is a potential shift in the way pitchers are utilized over the next decade.
A 15-game winner now is the same as a 20-game winner 10 years ago, and we really have no way of knowing if the trend will continue to the point that it will be even HARDER for pitchers to get Ws, or if there will be a shift BACK to utilizing starters more like they were a decade (or longer) ago.
It'll definitely be an interesting thing to watch...
Posted by: B.J. | May 18, 2009 9:31 AM
There are lots of factors that could change when we are talking about what Sabathia could potentially do over the next 12 years. I just think that to not even include him in a discussion of "the next 300 game winner" is an oversight.
Posted by: Bob | May 19, 2009 9:09 PM
Bob,
But how many pancakes will he have eaten over that span? And moreover how has he bonded with Matsui? Has Matsui invited him over to watch porn? LOL
Posted by: The Sports Freak | May 20, 2009 7:32 PM