Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers gained the NL Cy Young Award in a runaway Thursday.
Kershaw attained 27 with 32 first-place votes, all 5 seconds and not one but two thirds pertaining to 207 items in voting through the Baseball Writers' Association with America.
"I always imagined regarding using inside massive leagues. I certainly not dreamed about doing anything special inside the huge leagues. I don't even think any kind of kid at any time does," Kershaw said. "The individuals I'm currently associated with, simply by getting this kind of award, can be something that I for no reason thought might ever happen."
Philadelphia's Roy Halladay, last year's winner, was second with three first-place votes, 21 minutes and also seven thirds with regard to 133 points. Phillies teammate Cliff Lee seemed to be third by using ninety points, implemented by simply Arizona's Ian Kennedy together with 76 points.
"Whenever you do have a Cy Young near to your own name, there may be heading to be expectations that get along with it," Kershaw said. "Whenever I appear in the pitcher plus I make sure they have claimed your Cy Young Award, I think, people know, this guy, he greater become good. And that is what I wish to be. I hope men and women have which expectation for me."
With a major curveball this could be the very best inside baseball, Kershaw received your NL's pitching double crown. Pitching on the crew in which attended 82-79, he / she directed the league which has a 2.28 ERA and 248 strikeouts research a 21-5 history attached Kennedy for most wins.
The 23-year-old left-hander, whose earlier huge for advantages seemed to be thirteen inside 2010, completely outclassed your little league through the very last two months of the season, going 8-0 that has a 0.96 ERA around his very last eleven starts.
Kershaw has been 5-0 resistant to the defending World Series champ San Francisco Giants, likely 4-0 using a 0.30 ERA in head-to-head matchups with Tim Lincecum, that 2008 in addition to 2009 winner.
His .207 opponents' batting average appeared to be that second-lowest throughout this major leagues amid competent pitchers, trailing simply Detroit's Justin Verlander (.192), the particular unanimous AL Cy Young winner. Kershaw was especially helpful during Dodger Stadium, exactly where he attended 12-1 together with a minimal house ERA in the actual major leagues with 1.69.
Los Angeles incorporates a an opportunity to carry both important NL awards. Matt Kemp is really a most desired to earn the MVP, that is certainly publicised Tuesday.
It appeared to be the actual tenth Cy Young claimed by means of that Dodgers, following Don Newcombe (1956), Don Drysdale (1962), Sandy Koufax (1963, 1965 and 1966), Mike Marshall (1974), Fernando Valenzuela (1981), Orel Hershiser (1988) plus Eric Gagne (2003).
Kershaw downplayed every evaluations together with Koufax.
"I'm still unpleasant along with it. I will not want almost any disrespect regarding Mr. Koufax. He have it for any prolonged time. He gained a lot of ribbons in addition to he received World Series. He threw no-hitters. Just a lot of stuff I'm certainly not anyplace close to finishing yet," Kershaw said. "I include wonderful adhere to intended for him or her and also would certainly under no circumstances desire to ever before placed by myself from the exact same classification when him."
A discount which has a $500,000 salary, Kershaw didn't include an added bonus provision. Halladay claimed $75,000 with regard to finishing subsequent along with Lee $50,000 for finishing third.
A Dallas native which nevertheless lives around Texas, Kershaw explained he emanates from a space when "football is definitely king."
Still, if kids prefer to emulate him, they'll perform ice skating inside the springtime.
"Anything to keep from lacrosse, in my personal opinion," this individual stated which includes a laugh.
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