and felix hernandez has 16. espn.com has a thing called cy young predictor.ht now felix hernandez is in the lead in that record. so greinke has a lot to pitch for. by the way, he could have a huge impact on the race in the american league central, because after he pitches against boston tonight, his next two starts will be against the minnesota twins who go in to play today 2 1/2 games behind the tigers. chris: and felix hernandez, his next start is thursday against the blue jays. greinke's second in the a.l. in strikeouts. the cy young predictor is interesting, if you haven't checked it out. it says c.c. sabathia is even ahead of greinke in the race. check it out, espn.com. let's move on to another big pitcher, chapman, that hard- throwing lefty, one of the best prospects in the world. now he started the process to become eligible for free agency in the off-season, establishing residency outside the u.s. in andora, a small european country near spain and france. this is an important step because it takes him out of the amateur draft. big bidding war. how big

is it felix hernandez? is it cc sabathia?sitting next to scotty there's just cranky. >>> that is incorrect. john kruk is -- he's a ray of sunshine. he's a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day. kruky here to talk a.l. cy young. >> i know where i'm going when we're done with this. >> straight over to the set. >> you can do this by yourself. >> i can handle it for half an hour. zack greinke only 14 wins. and when you analyze the cy young voting and who ought to get an award, some people feel like wins can be overvalued. when you consider how many times greinke hasn't gotten a ton of support. what's your sense of greinke's place in the hierarchy of where he ought to be in terms of a.l. cy young consideration? >> i think he should win it. and for this reason. he's pitched six of those games that he's pitched, he pitched -- he gave up one run or less. and didn't get a decision. that's how dominant this guy's been. i understand he only has four -- 14 wins and the big thing coming in, he hasn't faced the red sox, hasn't faced the yankees.

felix hernandez as peter mentioned having a great year as well. justin verlander leads the a.l., 245 strikeouts. but that number for sabathia, jumps out at you. the 18 wins, that's already in the playoffs. >>> plaxico burress caught over 500 pass in his nine-year nfl career including the game winner and a super bowl. he fumbled just nine times. then there was the fumble off the football field. burress brought an unregistered handgun into a new york city nightclub. it slipped down his pants, he grabbed for it. it discharged. the fallout, two years in prison. beginning tuesday. here's sal paolantonio. >>> the scene inside courtroom 1100 was very emotional. plaxico burress asked the judge for permission to say one last goodbye to his wife and young son. and then was led away by new york city police officers to the jail at rikers island. a surreal moment for a man who less than two years ago was holding up the lombardi trophy. >> i think what just happened in the courtroom with mr. burress being sentenced and remanded is terribly sad and very tragic.

felix hernandez as peter mentioned having a great year as well. justin verlander leads the a.l., 245 strikeouts. but that number for sabathia, jumps out at you. the 18 wins, that's already in the playoffs. >>> plaxico burress caught over 500 pass in his nine-year nfl career including the game winner and a super bowl. he fumbled just nine times. then there was the fumble off the football field. burress brought an unregistered handgun into a new york city nightclub. it slipped down his pants, he grabbed for it. it discharged. the fallout, two years in prison. beginning tuesday. here's sal paolantonio. >>> the scene inside courtroom 1100 was very emotional. plaxico burress asked the judge for permission to say one last goodbye to his wife and young son. and then was led away by new york city police officers to the jail at rikers island. a surreal moment for a man who less than two years ago was holding up the lombardi trophy. >> i think what just happened in the courtroom with mr. burress being sentenced and remanded is terribly sad and very tragic.

. >> i think it's going to come down to the last couple of starts for him, for felix hernandez, cc sbathsa's 17-5. pretty good. >> this should have clinched it for grange can i and it hasn't. terry fran kona sold me on him. 229 strikeouts to 47 walks, six complete games. >> wait a second. you needed francona to tell you that? >> you're saying he zirves some kind of award. what would that be, woody? >> young man to score. >> woody, this is not an m.v.p. award. -- it's a cy young award. he is the best pitcher in the american league, period. he deserves it and should win it right now. it's not m.v.p., it's best pitcher. >> scores are getting closer. woody paige, don't blow that lead you have. we'll always remember where we were when mark reynolds set the all-time single season record for strikeouts. but he's hit 43 home runs this year, knocked in 100 runs, stole 24 bases. is there any embarrassment in striking out a couple hundred times? >> there really isn't. jack cusp struck out 197 times in oakland last year and nobody really noticed. it would be nice to move runners over occasionally. >>

look, i realize that felix hernandez, justin verlander and cc sabathia have had great years but they also haven't been stuck on a team as miserable as the kansas city royals. that is why i give greinke the nod. they have been going nowhere since june but he never stopped produci producing. let's hope lane kiffen and urban meyer finally have stopped bickering. first meyer bashed kiffin for running an ultraconservative offense in florida a's win saturday. then kiffin blasted meyer for suggesting that the flu affected some of florida's players in that game. look, this is the same tired sniping that started over the summer and it really is time for a break. meyer has the best team in the country so he should be above this. as for kiffin, he should worry about winning games instead of talking his team back into the spotlight. sure, it would be great to see florida and tennessee become a big rivalry again but i would rather see the players make that happen instead of a couple of coaches who need to move forward. coming up next wbc heavyweight champion vitali klitschko will >> from los ange

scott kazmir's able to take the crown off felix hernandez's head. >> and a very important day for newchael vick. where he was on tuesday, and who where he was on tuesday, and who ic [screeching] [dejectedly] oh. [screeching] [barks] (man) if you think about it, this is what makes the ladders different from other job-search sites. [screeching] we only work with the big talent. [all coughing] welcome to the ladders-- a premium job site for only $100k-plus jobs and only $100k-plus talent. i've still got room for the internet. with my new netbook from at&t. with its built-in 3g network, it's fast and small, so it goes places other laptops can't. anything before takeoff mr. kurtis? prime rib, medium rare. i'm bill kurtis, and i've got plenty of room for the internet. and the nation's fastest 3g network. (announcer) sign up today and get a netbook for $199.99 after mail-in rebate. with built-in access to the nation's fastest 3g network. only from at&t. three-game series. scott kazmir making his first home start with the laa's. right now the angels leading 2-1 in the bottom of the sixth. gut

felix is coming on. halladay, good numbers. low e.r.a. hernandez is even lower. sabatthia did win it two years ago. year. >> gary: c.c. has certainly plaid a tremendous difference in that yankee team. >> jim: and pitching in that ballpark. >> gary: two down, the runner on at first. the shift is on again. this time the full shift. scott flied out to left his first time up. they move the third baseman, longoria, virtually to second base. and then they have three on the right side. they couldn't do that the first time up because there was a runner at second. so longoria played over to third which left the entire left side of the infield open. 1-0 count. the outfield straight away. and the pitch taken down low and the count will go to 2-0 on luke scott. >> jim: he hit about three or four balls in yankee stadium. he might have had at least two or three home runs up there. the home run last night. the double. a couple of hits the other night. i asked terry crowley, the hitting instructor. he said why not more balls to left? he said check out the defense. they pound them in. they play them to pull and he

he will be facing felix her honor and the -- hernandez and the mariners, and brad penny debuts as a giant sox. he will be much more comfortable returning to the national league. faith the -- facing the phillies will be no picnic. >> kazmir and hernandez. hall 'em was unbelievable. we see you wednesday, 1:00 a.m., 10:00 p.m. pacific. >> it wasn't that he couldn't go to minnesota. it's that he doesn't want to, not yet at least. ricky rubio walked out of a deal that would have extricated him. here's his reasoning: >> the can numbers have their coal tender locked in for their next 12 seasons. he will stay through the 2020 season. the total package worth $64 million. at that point he will be 4 # years old. he is the second goalie to sign a double-digit year contract as he signs a 12-year extension with the canucks. >> keeping you current here on "espnews" joe mcknight has won the running back competition at usc. he has been named the starter. it isn't just his running ability. pete carroll says, quote, he has a wider spectrum. he can run, averaging over seven yards a carry last season. >> the