Felix Herandez disappointed as Cy Young runner up

[Sportsguy9695]

If he needed any extra incentive going forward, Seattle Mariners ace Felix Hernandezfound some on Wednesday when he finished second in the AL Cy Young voting.
"I don't know what to say. That was tough," Hernandez said after finishing 10 points behind Cleveland's Corey Kluber in the voting. "A little disappointed. Just give me more motivation to work harder and harder and be better next year."
Hernandez put together arguably the best season of his career, helping the Mariners finish with 87 wins and one game behind Oakland for the second AL wild-card spot.
King Felix went 15-6 with an AL-leading 2.14 ERA and 248 strikeouts in 236 innings. He set a major league record when he pitched 16 straight games of seven or more innings and allowing two earned runs or less. It was a brilliant stretch from May to early August that put Hernandez in the lead for his second Cy Young Award.
Hernandez got 13 first-place votes and finished with 159 points in balloting by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of American. Kluber, who went 18-9 with a 2.44 ERA and 269 strikeouts in 235 2/3 innings, got the other 17 first-place votes and had 169 points.
Source: ESPN

 

[Giantmetfan07]

I'd say the AL Cy Young race was probably the closest it's been in a long, long time. All 3 were worthy candidates. 

 

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