Zack Greinke Named AL Cy Young Award Winner

November 17, 2009 By 2 Comments

On the same day that one Kansas City athlete found out that he won’t be playing for a month or so, another Kansas City athlete found out that his return from the brink of career disaster has officially come full circle.

Royals hurler Zack Greinke was named the AL Cy Young Award winner today, beating out Felix Hernandez, Justin Verlander, C.C. Sabathia, and Roy Halladay.

Curiously, Jose Contreras did not receive any votes.

zack-greinke-cy-youngFor the season, Greinke went 16-8 with a 2.16 ERA, a 1.07 WHIP, and struck out 242 batters in 229.1 innings. Clearly he was the most dominant pitcher the AL with the putrid performance of his team being the only black mark on his resume.

Good for the voters for not holding that against him.

Greinke’s Cy Young victory completes an incredible turnaround for the 26-year old pitcher whose promising career seemingly bottomed out in 2005 when he went 5-17 with a 5.80 ERA. It was later learned that Greinke suffers from social anxiety disorder, something that he clearly has a much better handle on now.

MSF salutes Zack Greinke, clearly the right choice for this year’s AL Cy Young Award.

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* – Zack Greinke photo credit: Robert Beck  via SI.com

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  • AJ Kaufman

    Like the ROYs Monday, the correct choice. Interesting to see skippers of the year tomorrow, then NL Cy, et al. Should be Tracy/Gardenhire, Carpenter, Mauer, Pujols. I bet Tex, since he's a Yankee, takes AL MVP though…

  • AJ Kaufman

    I should say honorable mention, consider his team was picked for a down season, to Larussa in the NL. And you cannot ignore what Ron Washington did in Texas.

    Many find Scioscia to be the choice in the AL, or 2nd. I disagree. What he did was not much more impressive than what Torre, Manuel, Girardi or Francona did. A bit better showing since he dealt with major pitching injuries in April-May, but Anaheim has immense talent/depth.