Felix Hernandez Wins AL CY Young

[.infamous]

NEW YORK -- Felix Hernandez has been chosen the AL Cy Young Award winner.

The Seattle Mariners ace won by an easy margin in results released Thursday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

King Felix went just 13-12, but was a victim of poor run support all season. He led the majors with a 2.27 ERA, topped the AL in innings and was second in strikeouts.

The 24-year-old righty from Venezuela drew 21 of the 28 first-place votes. Tampa Bay's David Price got four first-place votes after going 19-6 with a 2.72 ERA. CC Sabathia, who led the league with 21 wins for the Yankees, drew the other three first-place votes and finished third.

The 13 wins by Hernandez marked the fewest for a Cy Young starter in a full season.

 

[playmaker7]

Awww...he broke Lincecum's record for lowest win by a Cy Young winner

But this is justice. Best pitcher in the AL this year hands down. Congrats to the guy.

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[DJT]

He deserved it, good to see him getting it.

 

[Phil The Thrill]

Happy as long as cc didn't win

 

[snipezo]

He definitely deserved it. Sucks that he had such a bad team.

 

[cruzg24]

Im so happy that King Felix won the award. Kudos to me for picking him before the year started to win it. Dude was amazing this year and he definitely deserved above everyone else. He had a phenomenal season and Im glad the writers got this one right. Just because a pitcher doesnt have wins doesnt mean he isnt a great pitcher. I look more closely at ERA, WHIP, K's, K/BB ratio, and BAA. W's are an important factor to a certain extent, but we have to analyze in Felix's case that the Mariners offense was awful and provided little to no run support.

 

[Elite]

Like I said all along, I wouldn't be upset if CC won, but Felix deserved it.

 

[Mexi]

hallelujah
baseball is finally getting it right