For the Cy Young Award, Mike & I agreed on our ballots right down the line -- and neither of us voted for the SBN winner, Tim Lincecum, who got 18 first-place votes. Carpenter and Wainwright appeared to split the Cardinal vote down the middle, so neither could win. No Cubs received any votes; none was expected to.
The AL voting was more predictable; you might only be surprised by the order of the runners-up.
BCB ballots:
Al: 1) Chris Carpenter 2) Tim Lincecum 3) Adam Wainwright Mike: 1) Chris Carpenter 2) Tim Lincecum 3) Adam Wainwright
National League
Rk | Player | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tim Lincecum | San Francisco Giants | 18 | 13 | - | 129 |
2 | Chris Carpenter | St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 4 | 7 | 64 |
3 | Adam Wainwright | St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 4 | 10 | 42 |
4 | Javier Vazquez | Atlanta Braves | - | 5 | 7 | 22 |
5 | Dan Haren | Arizona Diamondbacks | - | 3 | 4 | 13 |
6 | Ubaldo Jimenez | Colorado Rockies | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
7 | Cliff Lee | Philadelphia Phillies | - | - | 1 | 1 |
8 | Jair Jurrjens | Atlanta Braves | - | - | 1 | 1 |
American League
Rk | Player | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zack Greinke | Kansas City Royals | 28 | 1 | - | 143 |
2 | Felix Hernandez | Seattle Mariners | - | 17 | 6 | 57 |
3 | Justin Verlander | Detroit Tigers | - | 8 | 9 | 33 |
4 | Roy Halladay | Toronto Blue Jays | 1 | 2 | 11 | 22 |
5 | CC Sabathia | New York Yankees | - | 1 | 2 | 5 |
6 | Jon Lester | Boston Red Sox | - | - | 1 | 1 |