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Shane Bieber Wins AL Cy Young Award

By TC Zencka | November 11, 2020 at 5:18pm CDT

Shane Bieber of the Cleveland Indians was awarded the top pitching honor in the American League by the BBWAA tonight. It’s Bieber’s first Cy Young award. He finished 4th in Cy Young voting last season. Bieber was a unanimous winner, taking all 30 first place votes.

Bieber stood head and shoulders above the field in 2020, his age-25 season and third in the majors. Over 12 starts, he posted a 1.63 ERA/2.07 FIP with 14.2 K/9 to 2.4 BB/9, good for 3.3 rWAR and a 281 ERA+. He led the majors in wins, ERA, FIP, ERA+, strikeouts, and strikeout rate, while he led the American League with the fewest hits allowed per nine innings (5.4 H/9). Simply, it was a remarkable season for Bieber.

Kenta Maeda of the Twins finished 2nd with 18 of 30 2nd-place votes and 92 total points. Hyun Jin Ryu of the Blue Jays finished 3rd with 51 total points, one ahead of the 4th-place finisher Gerrit Cole. There were 11 different pitchers to receive at least one vote. Bieber is the first unanimous winner in the AL since Justin Verlander in 2011.

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  1. Ry.the.Stunner

    5 months ago

    You don’t say!

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  2. ChangedName

    5 months ago

    Giving out awards for a 60 game season is weird all around but it is especially weird to give out Cy Youngs to starters for pitching a number of innings that you see some relievers reach in a regular season.

    But congrats to Bieber I guess.

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    • mydadleftme

      5 months ago

      Omg get over it.

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    • Ry.the.Stunner

      5 months ago

      All starters in the league have the same opportunities to make the same number of starts. It’s not like it being a 60-game season gives certain pitchers a distinct advantage over others.

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      • stan lee the manly

        5 months ago

        Technically Cardinals starters were given two less opportunities, even more when you consider double headers reduce available days even more! That’s definitely the exception to the rule

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    • rememberthecoop

      5 months ago

      I agree. I’m glad a season got played, but I would have skipped the awards.

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    • Tim_Buck-Two

      5 months ago

      We had baseball in 2020… Baseball in 2020… We had baseball in 2020

      Baseball in 2020

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  3. baseballpun

    5 months ago

    Go back to Canada, Bieber!

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    • cleump1953

      5 months ago

      Canada??? He is from California

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      • Big Hurt

        5 months ago

        It’s a justin joke I’m sure.

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        • Rsox

          5 months ago

          Is it too late now to say sorry?

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        • dixoncayne

          5 months ago

          Go love yourself

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        • Rsox

          5 months ago

          As long as you love me

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        • Tim_Buck-Two

          5 months ago

          Insert Mike Tyson meme here

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  4. Yankee Clipper

    5 months ago

    Cool, well earned

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  5. BobGibsonFan

    5 months ago

    He won the pitching version of the triple crown… led in era, wins and K’s. He led the majors in all three… Verlander led the AL in all 3 but led the majors in wins and K’s… Kershaw led the majors in era in ’11

    2 former Dodgers (2019 were 2nd and 3rd.

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    • Laughing@You

      5 months ago

      Just noticed that too

      Dodgers win the title and the 2 starters they subtracted from the rotation go on to be 2nd and 3rd in CY next year. Crazy how deep this organization has been over the last few years

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  6. mydadleftme

    5 months ago

    Probably should have won MVP

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    • Dorothy_Mantooth

      5 months ago

      Had he had done this over 162 games, I think he would have won both the Cy Young and the MVP. Hard to give him the MVP with just 12 starts though.

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  7. Dorothy_Mantooth

    5 months ago

    So what this says is that the Yankees would have better off acquiring Maeda and signing Ryu vs. paying Cole $36M/year? Good to know!

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    • BobGibsonFan

      5 months ago

      Picking up Ryu and Maeda would have been better. That’s 2/5ths of your rotation. Cole is only 1/5th.
      Ryu and Maeda were 11/3 combined. Better than Cole and any of his other starters combined.

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  8. Rangers29

    5 months ago

    He should win the MVP too. He had one of the best season by a pitcher in a while (albeit brief, I know).

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  9. bobtillman

    5 months ago

    Shows you what bias is….not one vote for a Boston pitcher!!!!

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    • Dtownwarrior78

      5 months ago

      Who in God’s green earth would you give a Cy Young vote to in Boston’s rotation? Its not bias chief, it’s a piss-poor rotation in Bean town! I mean come on, who would you honestly give a vote to? Wow…

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      • rememberthecoop

        5 months ago

        Dude…ever hear of sarcasm??

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    • whyhayzee

      5 months ago

      Tanner Houck should have won. Undefeated and an 0.53 ERA.

      Nick Pivetta runner up. Undefeated and a 1.80 ERA.

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      • TheTrotsky

        5 months ago

        Lol

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      • Tim_Buck-Two

        5 months ago

        Throw Mariano Rivera and Randy Johnson up there in the top 4 and we got a deal

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  10. Victoroy

    5 months ago

    Shane Bieber struck out 122 batters in 12 starts. That’s absolutely insane! Definitely deserved unanimous status.

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  11. Angels & NL West

    5 months ago

    AL Cy Young voting is further testament to Andrew Friedman’s strategy for long term success. Two Dodger SP from last year finish 2nd and 3rd in Cy Young voting and the Dodgers still win the WS. And are still loaded with SP. And still have a manageable payroll.

    A tip of the cap to Andrew Friedman.

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    • Rangers29

      5 months ago

      Wow, I didn’t even notice that. People say he just spends money on big free agents to win, but he just doesn’t. Great GM, one of the best.

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      • Laughing@You

        5 months ago

        At least personally, I always felt Maeda and Ryu were overlooked. makes sense of course with at least 2 of Kershaw/Greinke/Buehler being at front basically each of their years in LA

        Glad they are getting their due respect. And as others said, Friedman is just a wizard. He’s been playing chess with a few buddies the last couple of years while most GMs are playing checkers

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    • rememberthecoop

      5 months ago

      He is the best. And I’m not a Dodgers fan.

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  12. bestno5

    5 months ago

    It’s too bad he didn’t pitch well in the playoffs as that is what people will remember rather then the fantastic short season he had

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    • rememberthecoop

      5 months ago

      I was waiting for this. True, but as you know, they vote prior to the postseason being played. That said, it was kind of shocking to watch that performance.

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  13. HaloHonk4Life

    5 months ago

    Bieber Fever!!

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  14. Jacob Cook

    5 months ago

    AL Pinch Hitter of the Year: Ryan McBroom

    Unrelated comment aside, well and good job to Shane Bieber for earning enough nods to win the award.

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  15. Big Hurt

    5 months ago

    Bieber was obvious and deserved, but Keuchel was better than Ryu this year.

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  16. T__J

    5 months ago

    It’s kinda funny looking over these comments and the Bauer comments. They basically pitched to the same teams yet one pitcher is talked about how bad the teams he faced were while the other is talked about how great of a season he had.

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    • Laughing@You

      5 months ago

      Lol yep. Not a coincidence both CYs game from same division this year

      Some great pitching of course. But also some ugly offensive teams

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      • Tim_Buck-Two

        5 months ago

        Damn right

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  17. Oscar Gamble

    5 months ago

    Congratulations Shane! Awesome season (acknowledging it was a short one). I realize you never really know the players, but he seems like he’s a really good guy.

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  18. Lofton4daHOF

    5 months ago

    While the Central divisions were clearly weak, calling the offenses of the CWS and MIN weak are a stretch. I think the offensive numbers were positively skewed undoubtedly. Bieber was simply the best of the shortened season.

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  19. Mike213 2

    5 months ago

    The central divisions were the weakest? 7 of the 10 central division teams made the playoffs. I would say the AL Central was the best division in baseball this year.

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    • Tim_Buck-Two

      5 months ago

      And none of them advanced because the pitching couldn’t buy hitting.

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      • Mike213 2

        5 months ago

        And vise versa.

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  20. marcoL

    5 months ago

    It is astounding that he doesn’t have any fear of fans looking for fair games.

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