SB Nation Pitcher of the Year Award

by David Coleman on Nov 11, 2011 11:50 AM CST in Houston Astros News

I know, I know, I'm behind schedule getting this out there. It was supposed to be released Wednesday, and, well...at least you're getting it before the NL MVP voting, which should be released at noon today.

So, in the NL this year, the voting was so close between Roy Halladay and Clayton Kershaw that we had a tie. Here are the full voting results:

Num	Name	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Total
1	Roy Halladay	13	13	2			149
2	Clayton Kershaw	14	11	2		1	149
3	Cliff Lee		4	21	2		83
4	Ian Kennedy			3	14	6	43
5	Cole Hamels	1			7	8	29
6	Madison Bumgarner				2	3	7
7	Tim Lincecum				1	4	6
8	Matt Cain				1	3	5
9	Chris Carpenter				1		2
10	Johnny Cueto					1	1
11	Zach Greinke					1	1
12	Craig Kimbrel					1	1

Tim and I both voted on this, with our votes below:

David - Roy Halladay, Clayton Kershaw, Cliff Lee, Tim Lincecum, Zach Greinke

Tim - Halladay, Lee, Kershaw, Cole Hamels, Ian Kennedy

I was a little surprised I had the only fourth place vote for Lincecum and the only vote period for Greinke. Both had very good seasons, but I think the voting shows that there were a bunch of guys at the end of the list who were very close. It's really a coin flip between Bumgarner, Lincecum, Cain and Carpenter for those last few spots.

What do you think? Who deserves the award? Are you surprised there was a tie?

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Greinke

I think nobody voted for Zack Greinke because after he returned from DL he posted ERAs of 5.29 and 6.04 in May and June. Though he was a superstar after that, with a combined ERA of about 2.80 for the rest of the season. Nasty strikeout numbers this season too.

I might have voted for him b/c he was so dang good after the break, but his overall stats aren’t head and shoulders above anybody else on the list.

by CRPerry13 on Nov 11, 2011 12:57 PM CST reply actions

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