When Rick Porcello took home the Cy Young Award last year, it was a victory for the win.
By any statistical measure, Porcello had a stellar season for the Boston Red Sox. But at a time when a pitcher's win-loss record is often dismissed as irrelevant, Porcello knew he was voted the American League's best based as much on his 22-4 mark as any other metric, including his 3.15 ERA or 189 strikeouts.
"As much as everybody wants to discount wins and losses -- there's definitely arguments against those, and I've said that -- there's also a lot of value to it," Porcello said in November.