Arrieta's Dominance: Enough to Beat out Zack Greinke for the Cy Young?

   A month ago, Zack Greinke was the obvious NL Cy Young. That has quite obviously changed. As much as I don't want to admit it, being a Dodgers fan, but Jake Arrieta's run of brilliance has out shined Greinke's dominant year. Arrieta, five days ago pitching a shutout in the NL wild card game to boost the upstart underdog Cubs into the official postseason, worked his way up from the three starter in the beginning of the year, to the number two starter, past John Lester, who the Cubs specifically went out and picked up as the big free agent signing of the off season to be their ace. But Arrieta didn't stop there. He kept winning, going 5-0 in his last six starts, in his last 46 innings, giving up only 22 hits. Arrieta finished 2015 first in wins (22), and second in ERA, (1.77) a whole half a run lower than Clayton Kershaw, who was in third.
    But enough about stats. Stats are for uptight broadcasters trying to sound smart and superior in baseball to the casual fan, when in reality they either want to give a desperate hope to a team that they know is done but would be good for the ratings if they stayed won, or when they have nothing to talk about. Two blogs ago, I made a case for Yoenis Cespedes being the MVP of the NL even though he didn't have nearly as good a year as Bryce Harper. But he was more valuable, sparking the Mets' offense and boosting them over the Nationals. Cespedes was more valuable to the Mets. The same, or reverse is true for Arrieta. John Lester had a good year, bordering on great, but nowhere near the six year $155 million ace the Cubs were looking for. Then Arrieta stepped up, picking the Cubs' pitching staff up from the bottom and somehow holding it all together until the playoffs. Arrieta was the Cubs' pitching, at least at the end of the year.
    Now look at Zack Greinke. He has the numbers, dominance, everything, but he's not even the ace of his own staff. Kershaw is. Greinke can be as good as it gets, but as long as he isn't the guy on his team, he can never beat out someone as good as Arrieta.