King Felix wins CY

[redsoxrules]

Voters got it right

 

According to a Twitter post from Venezuelan journalist Alexander Mendoza of El Nacional, Felix Hernandez has won the AL Cy Young Award.

 

The official announcement is coming at 2 p.m. Rays lefty David Price and New York's CC Sabathia were also top candidates

[26 to 6]

Agreed. It was well-deserved.

[Palodios]

If it went to CC, I would have cried.

[a700hitter]

I thought Theo was hot for Felix and he was a perfect fit for the Red Sox? What the hell happened?

[boston22407]

great great news guy earn the award

[Spudboy]

He was my choice. The guy was dominant.

[Keeper]

Great to see that the voters no longer look at a pitcher's win-loss record as the primary factor for determining who wins the Cy Young. Felix was the best AL pitcher this by a long shot.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

If it went to CC' date=' I would have cried.[/quote']

 

[VA Sox Fan]

I thought Theo was hot for Felix and he was a perfect fit for the Red Sox? What the hell happened?

 

He stayed w/ Seattle.

 

Conrats to Felix!

[Palodios]

I don't know if anyone mentioned it, but Lester came in 4th.

[Emmz]

Deserved it, CC was not even close to being as dominant, but I feared he'd win it based on history, which favors win-loss records, and disregards advanced stats, or even simpler stats like ERA. They always liked to pick the guy with the best record. Remember a couple of times, I think 2004 RJ went like 14-14 (on a team that lost 111 games, btw) and IMO definitely should have won the award. And the year Colon won his Cy Young, where Santana should have won it, but only won 16 games to Colon's 21.

[redsoxrules]

Deserved it' date=' CC was not even close to being as dominant, but I feared he'd win it based on history, which favors win-loss records, and disregards advanced stats, or even simpler stats like ERA. They always liked to pick the guy with the best record. Remember a couple of times, I think 2004 RJ went like 14-14 (on a team that lost 111 games, btw) and IMO definitely should have won the award. And the year Colon won his Cy Young, where Santana should have won it, but only won 16 games to Colon's 21.[/quote']

 

dont forget Pedro being snubbed by barry zito

[VA Sox Fan]

I don't know if anyone mentioned it' date=' but Lester came in 4th.[/quote']

 

And Clay was 6th:

 

In the results, released this afternoon at 2 p.m., Hernandez (167) was followed by Price (111), Sabathia (102), Lester (33), and Jered Weaver (24), with Buchholz coming in sixth (20).

[Emmz]

dont forget Pedro being snubbed by barry zito

 

Oh, yeah, he got MEGA snubbed in that one. I have no idea how Zito got that one, considering Pedro hit 20 wins, had the best ERA, most Ks, best WHIP, etc etc. In Fenway Park too. That's definitely one of the big snubs. He didn't even lack in W-L, he just flat out got robbed.

[Cocos Disciples]

3 of the last 4 Cy winners have had 16 wins or fewer. Nice to see the voters gravitating away from individual wins as the determining factor for the award.

[EXman369]

He pitched a hell of a season i just think that the voters should take into consideration that he didn't pitch one game that had any significance.

[redsoxrules]

He pitched a hell of a season i just think that the voters should take into consideration that he didn't pitch one game that had any significance.

 

that has nothing to do with it

 

CY is for the best pitcher period , dosent matter if the team was fighting for a playoff spot or not

[Palodios]

He pitched a hell of a season i just think that the voters should take into consideration that he didn't pitch one game that had any significance.

 

He could have thrown 30 no-hitters and it still wouldn't have gotten his team to the playoffs. Hell, they'd probably lose half of them 1-0 with 3 errors in one inning.

[Keeper]

He pitched a hell of a season i just think that the voters should take into consideration that he didn't pitch one game that had any significance.

 

That's not his fault, and it doesn't diminish what he did at all.

[EXman369]

I understand that i just think its harder for price to get the wins and numbers that felix did, persay price facing the yankees lineup and CC then going into boston and facing Lester. He for sure had a season to remember i just believe that the voters should take into consideration pitching under pressure and the significance of the games.

[Emmz]

Felix has to face the Rangers, so your point goes both ways. In fact, I find it all the more impressive that he didn't get discouraged from one of the worst offensive teams of our time, and continued to go out and shut down the opposition.

 

Also, if what you say is true, then what about Cliff Lee's amazing Cy Young year? How about Zack Grienke's season from last year? Their teams didn't give them a chance to play in meaningful games because they were so abysmal. I disagree with you totally, because the best pitcher shouldn't be decided on whether or not his team was any good. It's not the Most Valuable award for a reason, bc it's not value-based, it has nothing to do with the team getting into the postseason. But, to each their own.

[Divinity]

I understand that i just think its harder for price to get the wins and numbers that felix did' date=' persay price facing the yankees lineup and CC then going into boston and facing Lester. He for sure had a season to remember i just believe that the voters should take into consideration pitching under pressure and the significance of the games.[/quote']

 

I agree with this, pitching in the AL East is much more difficult then the teams Felix has to face in the AL West

[BSN07]

Glad to see Felix won. Also nice to see some manor of the game/voting evolving.

[Flynnatic10]

Congratulations to Felix.