The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America announced their Cy Young Awards today:
Los Angeles – The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announced the winners in its Cy Young category Wednesday, with the Cleveland Indians’ Corey Kluber winning the group’s American League prize, and Max Scherzer, of the Washington Nationals, being selected in the National League, both for the second consecutive year.
Kluber received 118 first-place votes (80.27%) and 942 points while being named on all 146 ballots. Others receiving first-place votes include Chris Sale (29).
Scherzer received 91 first place votes (61.90%) and 846 points while being named on 146 of 147 ballots (99.32%). Others receiving first-place votes include Clayton Kershaw (50), Zack Greinke (2) and Corey Knebel (2).
Election results are as follows:
AL Cy Young:
1st Place: Corey Kluber, Cleveland Indians – 942 points
2nd Place: Chris Sale, Boston Red Sox – 653
3rd Place: Luis Severino, New York Yankees – 328
4th Place: Carlos Carassco, Cleveland Indians – 178
5th Place: Justin Verlander, Houston Astros – 129NL Cy Young:
1st Place: Max Scherzer, Washington Nationals – 846 points
2nd Place: Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers – 658
3rd Place: Zack Greinke, Arizona Diamondbacks – 323
4th Place: Stephen Strasburg, Washington Nationals – 276
5th Place: Gio Gonzalez, Washington Nationals – 127Ballot tabulations by Brian Wittig & Associates, using the Borda Method.
The IBWAA was established July 4, 2009 to organize and promote the growing online baseball media, and to serve as a digital alternative to the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA). Voting for full season awards takes place in September of each year, with selections being announced in November. The IBWAA also holds a Hall of Fame election in December of each year, with results being announced the following January.
Among others, IBWAA members include Tim Brown, Yahoo! Sports; Craig Calcaterra, NBC Sports Hardball Talk; Bill Chuck, Billy-Ball.com; Derrick Goold, St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Jon Heyman and Jesse Spector, Today’s Knuckleball; Danny Knobler, Bleacher Report; Kevin Kennedy; Kostya Kennedy, Sports Illustrated; Brian Kenny, MLBN; Will Leitch, Sports on Earth; Bruce Markusen, Hardball Times; Ross Newhan; Dayn Perry and Matt Snyder, CBSSports.com; Tom Hoffarth and J.P. Hoornstra Los Angeles Daily News; Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times; Tracy Ringolsby, MLB.com; Ken Rosenthal, TheAthletic.com; Eno Sarris, FanGraphs; David Schoenfield of ESPN.com; Jim Bowden and Bill Arnold.
Association membership is open to any and all Internet baseball writers, with a $75 lifetime fee. Discounts for groups and scholarships are available. Members must be 18 years of age to apply.
For more information please visit www.ibwaa.com.
I can’t argue with either vote. Sale faded as the season wore on, and Kluber came on strong. Scherzer won in a very strong field by virtue of staying healthy. I actually thought Kenley Jansen had a good case for winning the Cy Young Award this season in the NL, so I’m disappointed he is not in the top five. Still, the Nationals putting three pitchers in the top five is very impressive.
There’s already one difference with the BBWAA award, as Stephen Strasburg finished in the top three in that vote. We will know those results in the next hour.
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