When the 2016 regular season came to an end, many people believed that the American League Cy Young Award was Porcello’s to lose. The award will be unveiled live on MLB Network on November 16th, after the World Series is over. The award, both for the American and National Leagues, is voted on by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, with the vote supposedly happening “prior to the beginning of the postseason,” according to MLB.com.
If ESPN.com and their Cy Young predictor are accurate, Porcello should have the title won, even with one name in particular close behind.