SB Nation bloggers correctly recognized that Felix Hernandez was the best pitcher in the American League in 2010, despite his pedestrian 13-12 won-lost record, compiled largely because the Mariners were a horrific offensive team. Hernandez had the second-lowest run support of any AL starter and the bottom four (of 63 qualified starters) were all Mariners.
The rest of the AL vote was split between quite a number of pitchers. As an NL blog, BCB did not get a vote here, but if I had a vote it would have been: Hernandez, Price, Buchholz, Lee and Sabathia.
Full voting after the jump.
American League
| Rk | Player | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Felix Hernandez | Seattle Mariners | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | 174 |
| 2 | Cliff Lee | Mariners/Rangers | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 80 |
| 3 | David Price | Tampa Bay Rays | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 51 |
| 4 | CC Sabathia | New York Yankees | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 46 |
| 5 | Justin Verlander | Detroit Tigers | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 41 |
| 6 | Jered Weaver | Los Angeles Angels | - | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Francisco Liriano | Minnesota Twins | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Jon Lester | Boston Red Sox | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| 9 | Clay Buchholz | Boston Red Sox | - | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 10 | Rafael Soriano | Tampa Bay Rays | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Trevor Cahill | Oakland Athletics | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Zack Greinke | Kansas City Royals | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |