who wins the AL cy young this year?

[Thremp]

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Note this luck also applies to hitters as well which is why every now and then you'll see a fluke like Posada win the batting title.

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[SL__72]

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has there ever been a cy young winner that "ran bad"? of course haren or buehrle are somewhat lucky, or else they wouldnt be in the discussion.

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My running good comment was in relation to Buehrle's contract, not his MVP chances. As for Haren, I was just speculating about why so many people voted for other people.

[THAY3R]

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I really hope that somehow Daisuke will end up with the most wins and a ~4.5 era.

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Dice-K pitches in Fenway and Manny is one of his outfielders.

ERA isn't the best way to judge a pitcher.

[oe39]

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bedard should probably be top 2 or top 3

but he wont be

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is. what is this post supposed to mean? that you are more clever than the collective wisdom?

[iron81]

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bedard should probably be top 2 or top 3

but he wont be

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is. what is this post supposed to mean? that you are more clever than the collective wisdom?

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You just described every single post on the sports forum.

[SL__72]

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bedard should probably be top 2 or top 3

but he wont be

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is. what is this post supposed to mean? that you are more clever than the collective wisdom?

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It means he thinks he would do a better job voting for the Cy Young then the people who get to vote, which isn't saying much because they are just writers.

[Thremp]

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Which isn't saying much because they are just idiots.

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There are some travesties against humanity that go down. You can make a legit case that the MVP last year was the 4th best player on his team. A pretty air tight one that he is 3rd best.

And then you see people with votes write stuff like: "MVPs are for middle of the order mashers."

[vhawk01]

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bedard should probably be top 2 or top 3

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is. what is this post supposed to mean? that you are more clever than the collective wisdom?

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Its not 'collective wisdom' its a bunch of sportswriters. And there is absolutely no reason to think sportswriters are more capable of voting for this award than SE posters, and a lot of evidence to the contrary. First off, they are far more biased than we are. Second, they are far more retarded.

[Huskiez]

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I'm not a big baseball guy at all, so forgive me if I come across as ignorant in this discussion. Also I'm an O's fan, so I'd like to see Bedard get it. But after looking at the stats, I can't comprehend how its possible that 55 out of 74 people did NOT vote for Haren. What am I missing here?

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The question.

It's "Who wins the AL Cy Young this year?", NOT "Who deserves AL Cy Young this year?"

Note the difference.

[brendanb438]

As of right now I don't see Santana getting this.

My top 3 in no order right now are

Beckett
Bedard
Haren.

-Brendan