SBNation 2007 MLB Awards: Cy Young Winners

by Randy Booth on Nov 7, 2007 1:00 PM EST in SBNation Awards Comment 19 comments

It's the moment you've all been waiting for. The announcement of the SBNation Cy Young winners for the 2007 MLB season. I won't keep you on the edge of your seat much longer.

The winner of the regular season Cy Young award in the American League is: CC Sabathia

Here's how the voting broke down:

American League	1st	2nd	3rd	Points
C. C. Sabathia	13	3	2	76
Josh Beckett	3	10	2	47
John Lackey	2	3	4	23
Fausto Carmona	1	1	3	11
Johan Santana	-	1	4	7
Erik Bedard	-	1	3	6
Roy Halladay	-	-	1	1

You can have your Cy Young award, CC. Because Josh Beckett, and the rest of the Red Sox Nation, would rather be holding the World Series trophy right now ... oh wait. We're already doing that.

For the National League, Sir Strikeoutalot, Jake Peavy, takes home the honors. Here's how the NL voting went:

National League	1st	2nd	3rd	Points
Jake Peavy	21	-	-	105
Brandon Webb	-	17	1	72
Brad Penny	-	-	10	10
John Smoltz	-	1	2	5
Cole Hamels	-	1	1	4
Jeff Francis	-	1	1	4
Tim Hudson	-	1	-	3
Aaron Harang	-	-	3	3
Chris Young	-	-	2	2
Carlos Zambrano	-	-	1	1

Yeah, I guess you could say Peavy won.

Thoughts? Was it fair? Did Beckett get screwed? Can we not bake our cake and eat it, too?

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Re: SBNation 2007 MLB Awards: Cy Young Winners

Throwing around 200 innings is valuable for your team. Throwing 241.1 innings (50 more than the previous year) is a danger to your performance and to the team's. I believe that Sabathia's immense workload (the selling point of his Cy candidacy) contributed to his terrible post-season performance.

I care far more about the Cy than the Golden Gloves (which favor incumbency more than any institution except perhaps Congress). It's more often given to the player who merits it, making it a higher distinction. It's unfortunate that Beckett didn't get more 1st-place votes, but I understand the reasoning behind this decision.

by 0157H7 on Nov 7, 2007 1:54 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

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As long as we're talking about just the regular season, I guess I'm okay with Sabathia getting it over Beckett. I'm just a little mystified that it wasn't closer.

What would Dogbert do?

by panzermensch on Nov 7, 2007 2:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

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I think since it was the regular season, in which Sabathia had the best numbers, except wins, which weren't totally his to control. He deserves the award. Maybe there ought to be a similar award for the best pitcher in the post season?

You can take the boy outta Boston, but you can't take the Boston outta the boy.

by B Cap on Nov 7, 2007 4:33 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

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Yeah, that award is called the World Series Trophy :)

OverTheMonster.com

by Randy Booth on Nov 7, 2007 5:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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i still think beckett has a better shot at the real cy young, he'l at least get more first place votes.

by spinz on Nov 7, 2007 4:41 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

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I agree. I've detected a wee bit of anti-Sox animus from our SBN brethren and sistren.

Manny Ramirez is a bad man

by tommy.otm on Nov 7, 2007 5:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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I'm ok with Sabathia getting it -- I think he's the most deserving candidate this year, with Beckett close behind and Carmona third.

But how can those two people who voted for Lackey first justify that? That's insane!

by RSNexile on Nov 7, 2007 4:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

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Its a fair result but I concur with the first post about overuse. I prattled on about this with regard to the managers vote and how utilising your team to maximise not only its regular season performance but its postseason performance. Sure Beckett could've thrown another 20 innings or so...buy why? We had the best record AND won the series.
Besides the real question is this...if you had to pick one starter on each league to pitch for your life, who are you going with? Me....Beckett and Peavy, no arguments.

by sydneysox on Nov 7, 2007 5:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Peavy

There was an interesting comment regarding Peavy in an ESPN chat today -

Eric (San Diego, CA): Have Peavy and Young, and the Padres for that matter, peaked? Peavy has NEVER won a big game.

SportsNation Jim Callis: You wonder . . . I had someone with the Padres say exactly the same thing about Peavy.

I've only admired Peavy's stats from afar, never paying attention to how he's done in the bigger games. But it's interesting to see a Pads fan and a Pads FO guy (through the grapevine, admittedly) complain about his big-game ability, or lack thereof.

Manny Ramirez is a bad man

by tommy.otm on Nov 7, 2007 5:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Re: Peavy

Let's take a look at his post-season stats (courtesy of baseball-reference.com):

2 Games; 12.10 ERA; 0-2; 9.2 IP; 13 ER; 4BB, 5 SO.
(both games against St. Louis, 2005 and 06 NLDS)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/peavyja01.shtml

Maybe the Padres would like to trade Peavy for a proven playoff starter. How about Schilling for Peavy, straight up?

by 0157H7 on Nov 7, 2007 6:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Re: Peavy

Or Schilling and Coco?

Manny Ramirez is a bad man

by tommy.otm on Nov 7, 2007 6:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Re: Peavy

There's no way Schilling would get traded. I'm sure he has a no-trade clause, too.

OverTheMonster.com

by Randy Booth on Nov 7, 2007 9:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Re: Peavy

There's no way in hell the Padres accept a Schilling and Coco for Peavy deal.

by gnick55 on Nov 7, 2007 9:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Re: Peavy

Of course players signed yesterday to a 1-year deal do not get traded.

by RickD on Nov 8, 2007 8:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Re: Peavy

Tongue was firmly in cheek there guys.

Manny Ramirez is a bad man

by tommy.otm on Nov 8, 2007 12:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Re: SBNation 2007 MLB Awards: Cy Young Winners

Beckett pitched much better in the postseason and in the end that's all that counted.

by gnick55 on Nov 7, 2007 5:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

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Sabathia deserved the Cy Young. He was simply more valuable to his team during the regular season.

I can live with that. polishes the World Series trophy

by NinetyNineTails on Nov 7, 2007 6:30 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

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You haven't got the game ball too?

Bottom 9th B:1 S:0 O:0 With Bill Mueller batting, Dave Roberts steals (1) 2nd base.

by britsoxfan on Nov 8, 2007 3:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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Beckett wasn't screwed because Sabathia and Beckett were essentially tied with two weeks to go. At which point Sabathia had two good starts and Beckett had two weak starts.

Roughly speaking.

Funny, but one of the main arguments being advanced in favor of Sabathia was that he had pitched a lot more innings in the regular season. But some observers think that his high inning count contributed to his weak postseason performances.

by RickD on Nov 8, 2007 8:06 AM EST reply actions 0 recs