All Hail the King!!

Congrats to Felix Hernandez for winning the Cy Young. Thank you to the voters for proving me wrong and crowning the King! It is a good day is Seattle.

Who would you vote for??

After watching King Felix dazzle again last night with another brilliant performance, the announcers kept saying he could win the Cy Young. I know that I might be a biased fan, but tell me why he couldn't win it? If you look at his numbers, the only numbers he isn't near the league lead in is wins. I know in the old day is was all about wins, but would that keep you from voting for him? I figure because of his name and the team he plays for, CC Sabathia will win it this year. Look at a simple comparison of their numbers:
           Felix        CC

W-L   12-11     19-6
Games   32          31
ERA     2.35       3.03
CG         5             2
SHO      1             0
IP       233.2     217.0
Hits      187         181
Runs     78           81
ER        61           73
BB        64           68
K's       222         179
Avg.    .216        .236
WHIP  1.07        1.18
Quality   26          20
Starts

The numbers that I think are very telling is that Felix has made 17 starts in which the Mariners have scored 3 of fewer runs for him, going 3-11. CC on the other hand has made only 6 starts that the Yankees have scored 3 or less going 1-4 in those games. If the Mariners could score some runs for him once in a while, he would be up there in the win column too.

If you break down the numbers Felix leads or is in the Top 3 in all categories. So, if a guy pitches like a stud, but plays on a bad team that can't score runs for him, can he win the award? Or do you give it to the guy with the bigger name and plays on a team that can buy the best players? I hope the voters do the right thing. Who would you vote for??? I want to give you a Cy Young vote, who gets in the AL this year??