Zack Greinke wins the AL Cy Young although voters don’t go the normal route of choosing the pitcher with the most wins. Greinke won the award easily over second place Felix Hernandez largely based on his domination. Greinke finished 16-8 on a less than stellar Kansas City Royals team that finished 65-97 and tied for last place in the weak AL Central. He failed to earn victories in six starts where he allowed one run or less and received no run support. Greinke finished the season with a major-league leading 2.16 ERA. Just another case of great talent with no support. Rounding out the top five were Justin Verlander of Detroit, CC Sabathia of New York and Roy Halladay of Toronto, respectively.
Rookies of the Year also handed out
The AL ROY went to the Oakland A’s Andrew Bailey who racked up 26 saves and a 1.84 ERA. Bailey led Elvis Andrus, Rick Porcello, Jeff Niemann and Gordon Beckham in voting. The NL ROY was given to Florida Marlin’s Chris Coghlan who hit .321 with nine home runs and 31 doubles in only 128 games. He scored 84 runs and had 47 RBI. Coghlan beat out J.A. Happ, Tommy Hanson, Andrew McCutchen and Casey McGehee for the award.
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