AL Cy Young: Cleveland Indian Cliff Lee

by faketeams on Nov 13, 2008 1:00 PM EST in Baseball Comment 0 comments

So far the Fake Team's votes have called the winners of the AL & NL ROY and the NL Cy Young. Additionally, we have called the top four finishers in the AL ROY and top three in the NL Cy Young. For the NL ROY, we named the top two with Jair Jurrjens taking third with the BBWAA and Joey Votto with the Fake Teams' voters.

Let's see how well we predicted the Al Cy Young winner. With Angels' closer Francisco Rodgriguez setting the MLB record for saves in a season, I can see him working his way into the Top 3 just as FT's voters predict. I am worried that Jon Lester could upset our apple cart and finish third. I know I voted him there.

AL Cy Young Results:

Rank	Player	Team	Total
1	Cliff Lee	Cleveland Indians	156
2	Roy Halladay	Toronto Blue Jays	115
3	Francisco Rodriguez	Los Angeles Angels	69
4	Jon Lester	Boston Red Sox	63
5	Daisuke Matsuzaka	Boston Red Sox	29
6	Mike Mussina	New York Yankees	25
7	A.J. Burnett	Toronto Blue Jays	17
8	Joe Saunders	Los Angeles Angels	14
9	Joe Nathan	Minnesota Twins	12