Zach Greinke won the Cy Young today in a surprising landslide victory, getting 25 of 28 first place votes. Despite having just a 16-8 record, Greinke had a dominating year on the mound leading baseball with a 2.16 ERA. He’s the first Cy Young winner for the Royals since David Cone in 1994.
The 26 year old righthander had six complete games, 3 shoutouts. In 229 innings hitters managed just a .230 batting average while Greinke struck out 242 and allowed just 51 walks.
If the Royals had been able to give him run support, who knows what his record would have been. In 17 starts where he had a loss or no decision, the Royals averaged just 2.2 runs per game. They scored just 15 runs in his 8 losses.
Despite that, he consistently performed game in and game out and has become one of the most dominant pitchers in the game. Felix Hernandez received two of the other three first place votes, Justin Verlander received the third.
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