Well, it's been a year. Lets see how way off we are so far...
Just to refresh everyone's memory, a year ago I proposed The Young Pitcher Contest: pick one starting pitcher from each division that you think will have the most wins in five years. The criteria, just so everyone didn't choose Clayton Kershaw or Stephen Strasburg, was that each pitcher had to be entering their age 25 season or younger (according to Baseball Reference) and that each of them had to have 10 wins or less at the big league level. Each win is a single point, while a pitcher also gets a +5 bonus for each all-star team selection.
So, now that we're one season into the five, lets take a look at the standings:
(Please note, pitchers like Drew Smyly and Brandon Maurer, while now currently playing in different divisions, still count for the division they were originally selected in)
whiterasta80: 93 (Pineda, Smyly, Erasmo Ramirez, Wheeler, Cole, Delgado)
christaylor: 83 (Pineda, Duffy, Maurer, Wheeler, Cole, Erlin)
Jdog: 79 (Stroman, Ventura, Sonny Gray, Alex Wood, Cole, Bradley)
Thomas: 76 (Gausman, Salazar, Sonny Gray, Wheeler, Cole, Bradley)
Eephus: 70 (Hutchison, Salazar, Sonny Gray, Wheeler, Cingrani, Bradley)
gabrielthursday: 42 (Gausman, Salazar, T. Walker, Syndergaard, Cole, Bradley)
Mike Green: 38 (Bundy, Salazar, Paxton, Syndergaard, Cole, Jonathan Gray)
VBF: 10 (Montgomery, Bauer, T. Walker, Biddle, Taillon, Bradley)
A lot of Archie Bradley fans...
Anyhow, I've decided for 2015 to re-open the contest for anybody who would like to join in. Same rules apply (one pitcher from each division, 25 or under, 10 or less ML wins) except your total will be over a four year period instead of five. Everyone from 2014 has a head start, but four years is plenty of time to catch up. Anything can happen so hey, give it a shot! The grand prize includes your choice of: a pageant winning cuttlefish (or "cuddlefish") if you prefer), a tour of the Shelbyville Box Factory, or BRAGGING RIGHTS!!!!!!!!11(TM).
The original contest thread can be found here: http://www.battersbox.ca/article.php?story=20140129004028187