With all apologies to Kate Upton, choosing the 2016 American League Cy Young winner was no obvious call.
I had the honor and responsibility of voting for the Cy Young this year. And the longer I pored over the names and statistics, the tougher the decision became in sorting out my five finalists.
In the end, I was one of five people among the 30 voters to go with Baltimore Orioles closer Zach Britton as my winner. I went with Boston’s Rick Porcello, who wound up taking home the award, second; Detroit’s Justin Verlander third; Cleveland’s Corey Kluber fourth and the White Sox’s Chris Sale fifth.