AWARDS: CY YOUNG

As the 2008 season comes to a close we will now go through the awards given out at the end of each year, starting with The Cy Young Award.

American League:
In the AL the top contenders are Cleveland's Cliff Lee, LA's Fransisco Rodriguez and Toronto's Roy Hallady. In my eyes there is no debate here, Cliff Lee gets this hands down... he went 22-3 with a 2.54 era on a .500 team (81-81)...and set a record with over 27% of his teams wins...

National League:
Now this one is open to debate..
There is San Fransisco's Tim Lincecum who went 18-5 with a 2.62 era, his best stat is his 265 K (Led NL) in 227 IP..
Next is Arizona's Brandon Webb who went 22-7 (most wins in NL) with a 3.30 era while striking out 183 in 226 IP..
The final candidate is New York's Johan Santana who went 16-7 with a 2.53 era (led MLB) and 206 K in 234 IP....
Another candidate that may get consideration is Milwaukee's CC Sabathia, who combined went 17-10 with a 2.70 era..

ESPN has what they call the "CY Young Calculator" which you can go to by clicking here.

Who's your guy??