Cy Young Award Winners!

Hey guys, did you hear David Price won the American League Cy Young Award, and RA Dickey won the National League Cy Young Award! Ok, so who expected David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays. I mean their park gets like 20 visitors a night, SHEESH! Just kidding, they get people but not that much and everyone knows Tampa Bay just isn't a place for baseball. Anyways, David Price won and he pitched very good this season. Just to let you know, David Price was the number one overall pick in the 2007 draft and this wasn't his breakout year. In 2010 he went 19-6 with a 2.72 ERA. Here's his stats...

David Price (Age 27)
Record: 20-5
ERA: 2.56
Strikeouts: 205

Now, let's talk about RA Dickey for a little bit. RA Dickey was never really a great pitcher, he was more of an average pitcher and only had one other season with a ERA below 3.00. He always had this pitch called the "fork ball" which would later be called a knuckle ball. Anyway this was RA Dickey's breakout year at age 38. Let me repeat, 38 YEARS OLD. Man, that is old to have a breakout year but it was quite a thing Dickey put up this year. Also, Dickey was 1st round 18th overall pick in the 1996 draft. So anyways here's his stats this year.

RA Dickey (Age 38)
Record: 20-6
ERA: 2.73
Strikeouts: 230

So anyways lets break down the Cy Young Award winners. They both certainly deserved it, they pitched very good for their teams and were the aces of their pitching staff. Dickey had 3 shutouts this year. Also, Dickey had two, ONE hitters this year. David Price had 1 shutout this year and during the second to last Red Sox home game (which I went to, it was a disgrace), he struck out 10+ batters and pitched a complete game, but not a shutout. It was an amazing performance by him and I knew the Red Sox couldn't handle him. Ok so yeah, they both pitched good but lets look at some of the other good pitchers this year. I'll name 1 from each league. Gio Gonzalez of the Washington Nationals had a 21-8 record with a 2.89 ERA. Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers had a 17-8 record with a 2.64 ERA. Yes, they pitched good also but Verlander couldn't top over David Price. Despite having one more win than RA Dickey, Gonzalez also had 2 more losses than Dickey and a slightly higher ERA. It was a tough one this year but the Cy Young Award winners deserved it.

So, do you think David Price and RA Dickey earned it? Comment and tell me!

- DJ