Vote for the NL Cy Young
I thought Zack Greinke was a fairly obvious choice for AL Cy Young but the NL is no open-and-shut case. It gets announced Thursday at 2 and it's a tough call. You can read MLB.com's summary here. There are a bunch of names in there but I really think it comes down to three: The St. Louis duo of the Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright and San Francisco ace Tim Lincecum.
Linceum (15-7, 2.48 ERA, 261 K) won it last year when he was 18-5 and was brilliant again. Carpenter (17-4, 2.24, 144) once again looked like he did in the 2005-06 range and Wainwright (19-8, 2.63, 212) has established himself as an ace three years after ending the World Series as an untouchable rookie closer.
I really like Carpenter in this one. He was 12-1 from June on and his one-hitter Sept. 7 in Milwaukee was one of the most dominant games I watched all season. He's had an amazing run back from Tommy John surgery and this would definitely be the capper. I don't have an official ballot in this race but mine would read 1-Carpenter 2-Lincecum 3-Wainwright.
Make your pick below.
---Mike Harrington
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