King Felix is your 2010 AL Cy Young Winner

[charlie and algernon]

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.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5820623

[TZ]

1. Thats a surprise!

I figured Sabbathia would win with Hernandez in a close second. Huh.

[joeybee12]

2. Actually, so did I...glad I was wrong...nt

[Yavin4]

3. That's Some Bullshit Right There

Should have been David Price or John Lester.

[Mojambo]

4. Well deserved.

Pretty much every statistic shows he was the best pitcher in the league, and it really wasn't that close.

[bluedigger]

5. Huh.

Congratulations, King.

[Kingofalldems]

6. Good for him. He gets no pub being on the west coast.

[frebrd]

7. Yesss!!!

Too bad Dave Niehaus didn't quite live long enough to see it.

[Upton]

8. Good...Felix deserved it.

He broke Lincecum's record for the fewest wins by a Cy Young winner that was set just last year. It's good to see the BBWAA is looking at stats, including advanced stats, rather than just wins and losses...

[HuckleB]

9. Congrats! Yeah, Felix!

[travelingtypist]

10. Oh wow. Thanks for posting this.

Finally something to feel good about the 2010 Mariners.

[bigwillq]

11. Congrats to Felix Hernandez.

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