SDChargers#1 wrote:Kershaw is quite literally the most dominant pitcher through his age 26 season ever (3 Cy Youngs, 1 MVP, 4 straight ML ERA titles, the lowest ERA among Starters with at least 1,000 innings pitched). How the heck is Bumgarner winning this poll?
Because of 8 games of Kershaw's career (6 since he was 21) out of 217 for his career? Talk about overreacting to a small sample size.
If every game (regular/post) were the same, yes. But they're not. I'm not trying to diminish what Kershaw has done because he's incredible. But if you want to talk all-time greatness (in any sport), the post-season matters, yes very disproportionately to the number of games played. When you think about the greats: Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Wayne Gretzky, Joe Montana, Mariano Rivera, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, what do you think about? PLAYOFFS.