Greinke is in an arms race for the AL Cy Young

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Originally Posted by penchief

Just trying to illustrate my point about anti-Yankee bias among a lot of baseball writers. If the shoe had been reversed Mattingly would have won the MVP over Clemens and Guidry would have one the MVP over Rice. No matter which logic you try to use, the Red Sox got the benefit of that logic.

That said, Greinke deserves the Cy Young. IMO, he'll get it. Especially if he's competing against Sabbathia's 19 wins. Sabbathia's ERA is strike one against him, his bad outing to finish the season is strike two, and the fact that he's a Yankee is strike three.

He's no longer competing against CC. CC has no chance. Verlander and King Felix have 19 wins, too, while putting up better numbers. King Felix has been like Greinke-light this season; he's very, very good.