SB Nation Awards: 2009 American League Cy Young Award

by Jesse on Nov 11, 2009 4:23 PM EST in News

So far Mike Scioscia has picked up AL Manager of the Year, and Elvis Andrus took home AL Rookie of the Year.

Rk	Player	Team	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts
1	Zack Greinke	Kansas City Royals	28	1	-	143
2	Felix Hernandez	Seattle Mariners	-	17	6	57
3	Justin Verlander	Detroit Tigers	-	8	9	33
4	Roy Halladay	Toronto Blue Jays	1	2	11	22
5	C.C. Sabathia	New York Yankees	-	1	2	5
6	Jon Lester	Boston Red Sox	-	-	1	1

Any surprises here? I know I went Greinke-Hernandez one-two, but I can't recall if I voted Verlander or Halladay for the bronze medal.

Poll

Of the top three vote getters, who gets your AL Cy Young nod?

Zack Greinke

308 votes

Felix Hernandez

29 votes

Justin Verlander

19 votes

356 votes | Poll has closed

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I'll be interested to see

if anyone doesn’t vote Greinke.

by fischean on Nov 11, 2009 4:35 PM EST reply actions

If Greinke doesn't take home the real Cy...

…I advocate riots.

http://www.realityfish.com

by Robin G on Nov 11, 2009 4:44 PM EST via mobile reply actions

I am sad that there are no votes for a certain 20-year-old

Rick Porcello should have won because he is only 20

He could have a great slogan too: Rick Porcello – putting the “young” in the Cy Young award

by what_would_gil_thorp_do on Nov 11, 2009 4:45 PM EST reply actions

Nice!

by Jesse on Nov 11, 2009 4:48 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah...

it seems there are a lot of SBNation bloggers that are unaware of the talent this rookie phenom has. What a shame.

by fischean on Nov 11, 2009 4:50 PM EST up reply actions

and he

is only 20 years old too!!

"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any of us." - Kirby Puckett

by BCTwins on Nov 11, 2009 5:49 PM EST up reply actions

And I'm different

I don’t conform, I wear a different uniform

by DJL44 on Nov 12, 2009 10:12 AM EST up reply actions

It wasn’t unanimous. Really, Guy Who Voted For Halladay? Really? You’re basing your Cy Young vote entirely on innings pitched and walk rate (basically the only statistical categories in which Halladay was better than Greinke)? I am disappointed that you weren’t doing this in 2005, to give Carlos Silva a Cy Young vote.

"There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein

by BeefMaster on Nov 11, 2009 5:36 PM EST reply actions