Rick Porcello is pitching today for his 22nd victory of the 2016 campaign. If he were successful in doing so, the Red Sox would possess a double-digit winning streak for the first occasion since April 2009.
As of today, September 24, 2016, Porcello deserves the American League Cy Young Award, and by quite a comprehensive margin.
In fact, ESPN has a tool on its website known as the “Cy Young Predictor.” It has correctly predicted 10 of the 12 Cy Young Award recipients from the years 2010 through 2015.
This tool, co-authored by Bill James and ESPN’s Rob Neyer, uses the following formula to assign “Cy Young Points.