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Originally Posted by Mojo_PeiPei
The Awards could be contentious this year. A lot of debate about the AL/NL MVP, I think Morneau and Howard. Cy Young should no doubt be Santana in the AL, in the NL it could be Hoffman, he has solid numbers, is a big part of Padres push, and the mile stone helps, especially in a weaker pitching field in the NL.
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Giving the CYA to Hoffman is a load of shit. Plain and simple. He's had a hell of a season, no doubt about it but his season is nothing compared to what Gagne did when he won.
It was Webb vs. Carpenter until Carpenter tanked it in his last two starts. Suddenly, the voters forgot about Webb (who was better than Carpenter to begin with) and they go for Hoffman. Webb leads Carpenter in ERA, W, and IP. All of the categories that CYA voters supposedly look at.
Cy Young Award voters are retarded plain and simple. They view W-L as the the ultimate stat and it's bullshit. We saw it in 2004 when they gave it to Clemens over Randy Johnson. RJ OWNED Clemens in ERA, K, IP, CG, Shutouts, BB, and WHIP. He also won 16 games for a team that lost over 110 games.
Whatever though, the voters screwed Webb out of the ROY in 2003 and gave it to Willis, despite the fact that Webb was statistically superior to Willis.