Rick Porcello Wins AL Cy Young Award

Rick Porcello, whose 22 wins led the American League, became the first Red Sox pitcher since Pedro Martinez in 2000 to win the Cy Young Award.

Pitcher, Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Points
Rick Porcello, Red Sox	8	18	2	1	1	137
Jason Verlander, Tigers	14	2	5	4	3	132
Corey Kluber, Indians	3	6	12	8	1	98
Zach Britton, Orioles	5	3	2	5	9	72
Chris Sale, White Sox		1	4	9	6	40
J.A. Happ, Blue Jays			3	2	1	14
Aaron Sanchez, Blue Jays			1		3	6
Masahiro Tanaka, Yankees				1	4	6
Andrew Miller, Yankees/Indians			1			3
Michael Fulmer, Tigers					1	1
Jose Quintana, White Sox					1	1

Porcello had the AL’s best strikeout-to-walk ratio at 5.91 and his WHIP was 1.01, just behind former Tigers teammate Justin Verlander, who finished second. The Indians’ Corey Kluber finished third.

“Obviously, there’s a lot of emotions that were built up inside me and came out,” Porcello said when asked about his reaction. “It was very emotional . . . hard to not start bawling on the spot.”

Porcello, 27, ranked fourth in opponents’ OPS at .635. His 137-132 margin is the second closest of any election since ballots permitted voting for more than one pitcher in 1970.

Verlander, the 2011 winner, also finished second in 2012 to the Rays’ David Price, 153-149. Porcello and Kluber were the only pitchers named on every ballot.

“Justin, I learned a lot from him, and obviously I wish him well,” Porcello said. “I also texted (NL Cy Young winner) Max (Scherzer) right after I saw that he won it. It was a very nice night. Something I won’t forget.”

Porcello got eight first-place votes, while Verlander got 14. But Porcello was listed by all 30 voters, while Verlander was left off two ballots—Fred Goodall of The Associated Press and Bill Chastain of MLB.com.

Porcello was asked about the vote and Verlander.

“He loves the game the way I love the game . . . we both share a strong passion for it. He had a hell of a year.”

Porcello is just the fourth Red Sox pitcher to win a Cy Young. Roger Clemens won it in 1986-87 and ’91; Pedro Martinez in 1999 and 2000 and Jim Lonborg in 1967.

“It’s pretty incredible to be mentioned with those three other Red Sox players, and then Pedro and Roger. It doesn’t feel real right now,” he said. “Just because I grew up watching those guys. They were my idols growing up, and I had the utmost admiration for what they’ve done in the game. To be in that category is, I can’t express my gratitude. It’s pretty humbling. I never thought I’d be in that position to mention my name with those guys.”

HOW THEY VOTED
Name	Affiliation	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Roch Kubatko	MASNsports.com	Britton	Porcello	Kluber	Verlander	Sale
Rich Dubroff	CSNmidatlantic.com	Britton	Porcello	Verlander	Kluber	Sale
Christopher Smith	Springfield Republican	Porcello	Verlander	Kluber	Britton	Happ
Ian Browne	MLB.com	Verlander	Porcello	Sale	Kluber	Britton
Dan Hayes	Comcast SportsNet Chicago	Verlander	Porcello	Sale	Kluber	Britton
Scot Gregor	Daily Herald	Kluber	Porcello	Happ	Britton	Verlander
Zack Meisel	Cleveland.com	Verlander	Porcello	Kluber	Sale	Tanaka
Jordan Bastian	MLB.com	Verlander	Sale	Porcello	Kluber	Quintana
Chris McCosky	The Detroit News	Verlander	Porcello	Kluber	Sale	Britton
Anthony Fenech	Detroit Free Press	Verlander	Porcello	Sale	Kluber	Britton
Jake Kaplan	Houston Chronicle	Verlander	Kluber	Porcello	Sale	Tanaka
MoiseKapenda Bower	The Sports Xchange	Verlander	Porcello	Kluber	Sale	Britton
Sam Mellinger	Kansas City Star	Verlander	Porcello	Kluber	Sale	Britton
Jeffrey Flanagan	MLB.com	Kluber	Porcello	Verlander	Sale	Fulmer
Tim Brown	Yahoo Sports	Porcello	Kluber	Sale	Verlander	Britton
Mark Whicker	Los Angeles Daily News	Britton	Porcello	Verlander	Kluber	Sanchez
Mike Berardino	St. Paul Pioneer Press	Verlander	Britton	Miller	Kluber	Porcello
La Velle Neal III	Minneapolis Star Tribune	Kluber	Porcello	Verlander	Happ	Sale
Pete Caldera	Bergen Record	Porcello	Kluber	Happ	Britton	Verlander
Wallace Matthews	ESPN.com	Porcello	Britton	Kluber	Verlander	Sale
John Shea	San Francisco Chronicle	Verlander	Porcello	Kluber	Britton	Tanaka
Joe Stiglich	CSN Bay Area	Britton	Porcello	Verlander	Kluber	Sale
Ryan Divish	Seattle Times	Porcello	Verlander	Kluber	Sale	Britton
John McGrath	Tacoma News Tribune	Britton	Porcello	Kluber	Happ	Verlander
Fred Goodall	Associated Press	Porcello	Kluber	Happ	Britton	Sanchez
Bill Chastain	MLB.com	Porcello	Britton	Kluber	Sale	Tanaka
Gerry Fraley	Dallas Morning News	Porcello	Kluber	Britton	Verlander	Sanchez
Jeff Wilson	Fort Worth Star-Telegram	Verlander	Porcello	Kluber	Sale	Britton
Shi Davidi	Sportsnet	Verlander	Kluber	Britton	Porcello	Sale
Brendan Kennedy	Toronto Star	Verlander	Porcello	Sanchez	Tanaka	Kluber