Felix Hernandez may have only won 13 games, but hell, he deserves the Cy Young. The 13 wins by Hernandez marked the fewest for a Cy Young starter in a full season, Tim Lincecum set the record last year with 15 victories for the San Francisco Giants.
"The Seattle Mariners ace earned the AL Cy Young Award on Thursday despite a modest 13-12 record. His major league-leading 2.27 ERA and superior stats put him far ahead of the Tampa Bay Rays' David Price and the New York Yankees' CC Sabathia and their impressive win-loss numbers."ESPN
Felix Hernandez is the only player I like better than Dice K, so I'm alright with him winning it as I assume they are best friends in real life. I would sell my soul to the devil to have Felix on the Red Sox, I would trade every prospect the Red Sox have in order to get him.
But the voters got it right, they looked at the numbers instead of a win/loss record and determined that Felix has better numbers then any pitcher out their. He has had bad luck in Seattle where they can't score runs. But the thing that puts him over the top is how he constantly out dueled CC and the Yankees, the Red Sox and other playoff teams.
Felix is the best pitcher in baseball and it's good to see he gets something for it.
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