Week 11: Cole Hamels or Max Scherzer?

I realized I have been neglecting pitchers this year. We're a third of the way through the season, and I've only chosen one pitcher as my MLBoyfriend so far. So, I had my eyes peeled for a hurler who could win my heart.

On Friday, June 7, Cole Hamels threw a great game for the Cubs. He pitched 8 innings giving up just two hits, one base on balls and no earned runs. Hamels ended with game with 10 strikeouts, a 0.50 WHIP, a 0.00 ERA, a quality start and a win.



It seemed Hamels would win the MLBoyfriend title again after a two years since he was lasted named.

Then, the very next day, Saturday, June 8, Max Scherzer threw a heck of a game.

Scherzer went scored a win and a quality start by going 7 complete innings for the Nationals with 1 base on balls, 6 hits, 9 strikeouts, and zero earned runs. That gave him a 0.00 ERA and 1.00 WHIP for the game.



Now, the stat heads out there have certainly noticed that Hamels stats are little better than Scherzer's. You might think that would earn Hamels the title. However, we know that my MLBoyfriend is not just about stats.

2016 MLBoyfriend Award Winners

Congratulations to my MLBoyfriends who won MLB awards for the 2016. Of course, no award is more coveted than that of MLBoyfriend, but the seven of you picked up some pretty nice things for your trophy cases.

Kris Bryant: National League MVP and the Hank Aaron Award (NL).

Mike Trout: American League MVP and a Silver Slugger Award.

Max Scherzer: National League Cy Young Award.

José Altuve: Silver Slugger Award and Player of the Year (Sporting News Players Choice Award).

Anthony Rizzo: Defensive Player of the Year (First Base), Silver Slugger and Gold Glove Awards.

Josh Donaldson: In addition to being the only player named as my MLBoyfriend twice, Silver Slugger Award.

Buster Posey: Gold Glove Award.

CONGRATS TO YOU ALL AGAIN! You all had great seasons in 2016. Don't rest on your laurels though. 2017 will be a tabula rasa for both MLB awards and my MLBoyfriend.

Congrats to my All-Star MLBoyfriends!

If anyone thinks this blog is just a beauty pageant for baseball players, I'd like to point out that I'm batting .643 with nine of my fourteen picks being chosen for the MLB All-Star Game.

Week 2: Eduardo Núñez.

Week 3: Bryce Harper.

Week 5: Robinson Canó.

Week 6: Max Scherzer.

Week 7: Jackie Bradley, Jr.

Week 8: Buster Posey.

Week 9: Madison Bumgarner.

Week 10: Wil Myers.

Week 12: Josh Donaldson.

Congrats to you all on earning two of the biggest honors in Major League Baseball this summer, being elected to the All-Star Game and spending a week as my MLBoyfriend.

Week 6: Max Scherzer

On May 11, Max Scherzer threw 20 strikeouts in a game. In doing so, he tied with Kerry Wood, the odious Randy Johnson, and the even-more-hateful Roger Clemens for the most strikeouts thrown in nine innings and earned the title of my MLBoyfriend of the week.

While in some ways, Scherzer did worse than his 20K peers, he did it with relatively few pitches (119)--so 81% of what he threw were strikes. That's insane.

I'm always happy when a pitcher pulls off a great feat because it leads to my favorite thing in sports photography, the pitcher-and-catcher hug picture. This one of Scherzer and Wilson Ramos did not disappoint.