Cy Young results are in: The Mariners' No. 1 is the AL's No. 2
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 | 10:55 am
Felix Herandez tied for first in the American League with 19 victories, finished second with a 2.49 earned run average, third with 238 2/3 innings and fourth with 217 strikeouts.
In many other years, those numbers would be enough to win the AL Cy Young Award.
This year, they weren't nearly enough to convice most baseball writers that anyone other than Zack Greinke of the Royals was Cy Young-worthy.
The Royals' Zack Greinke won it in overwhelming fashion, getting 25 of the 30 first-place votes from members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Hernandez got two first-place votes and 23 second-place votes and finished second, followed by the Tigers' Justin Verlander, who got one first-place vote, none for second place and nine for third.
This is the outcome everybody expected. Greinke went 16-8 on a struggling Royals team but led the league with a 2.16 ERA and was second with six complete games (Felix had two) and 242 strikeouts (Felix's 217 ranked fourth).
The Mariners will get another kick at the awards cat tomorrow when the AL Manager of the Year is named. Look for Don Wakamatsu to get several votes, including some for first place, although like Hernandez he may not have enough to beat sentimental favorite Mike Scioscia, who took the Angels to another AL West title and dealt with the death of pitcher Nick Adenhart.
In many other years, those numbers would be enough to win the AL Cy Young Award.
This year, they weren't nearly enough to convice most baseball writers that anyone other than Zack Greinke of the Royals was Cy Young-worthy.
The Royals' Zack Greinke won it in overwhelming fashion, getting 25 of the 30 first-place votes from members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Hernandez got two first-place votes and 23 second-place votes and finished second, followed by the Tigers' Justin Verlander, who got one first-place vote, none for second place and nine for third.
This is the outcome everybody expected. Greinke went 16-8 on a struggling Royals team but led the league with a 2.16 ERA and was second with six complete games (Felix had two) and 242 strikeouts (Felix's 217 ranked fourth).
The Mariners will get another kick at the awards cat tomorrow when the AL Manager of the Year is named. Look for Don Wakamatsu to get several votes, including some for first place, although like Hernandez he may not have enough to beat sentimental favorite Mike Scioscia, who took the Angels to another AL West title and dealt with the death of pitcher Nick Adenhart.
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