DaDeacs
Dickie Hemric
Here is the BP article:
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/...ards-in-2020-the-problem-of-opponent-quality/
“Although the NL ERA leader, Trevor Bauer, has certainly pitched well, he has faced the weakest opposition of any qualified pitcher in baseball, thanks to the geographic limitation of facing only Central divisions. Aaron Nola, on the other hand, has faced much tougher competition pitching against the AL East and NL East, and has the higher ERA to prove it. Adjusting for this massive disparity in opponent quality, Nola may be equally, if not more deserving of the award.”
Eh, we'll see. This is probably all great points, and Bieber getting tagged makes it even more apparent. But, the AL/NL East also had the highest team BABIPs (8 of the top 12 teams), which takes into account a decent amount of luck and playing poor defenses (5 of the 10 worst defenses in the Easts).