Daily Red Sox Links: Rick Porcello, Mookie Betts

Today’s links look at validation for the Red Sox, Rick Porcello carrying his skills over to next year, and Mookie Betts’ case for MVP.

By Matt_Collins@MattRyCollins Nov 17, 2016, 7:00am EST

With Rick Porcello winning the Cy Young, both he and the Red Sox got some validation. (Nick Cafardo; Boston Globe)

Now that he’s won, though, can he carry this success forward to 2017? (Scott Lauber; ESPN)

2004 is gone, 2007 is fading

While most of us were excited about the results, Kate Upton was very mad on line. (Evan Drellich; Boston Herald)

Tonight, Mookie Betts is up for the MVP award. He wouldn’t get my vote, but he certainly has a case. (Ian Browne; RedSox.com)

Speaking of which, Rob Bradford has an....interesting question about Betts and Mike Trout. (Rob Bradford; WEEI)

Over in the National League, Max Scherzer beat out Jon Lester for the Cy Young. (Christopher Smith; Masslive)