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Breaking News Doc places second in IBA AL Cy Young

Baseball Prospectus' AL 2008 Internet Baseball Awards have been announced, and Toronto's Roy Halladay placed a strong second in the balloting, trailing only Cleveland SP Cliff Lee, in what could be a preview of the BBWAA Cy Young results.

Though Halladay finished a fair pace behind Lee -- he was more than 25 percent back -- it's worth noting that the good Doctor's final ballot tally was greater than the totals of the third place through eighth place finishers (Lester, F-Rod, Daisuke, Rivera, E. Santana, Mussina) combined.

A.J. Burnett finished 12th in the Cy Young voting. No Blue Jay position player made the top 15 in MVP (which went to Dustin Pedroia), though Halladay was 10th (Lee finished 5th); nor did any Jay crack the top 10 for Rookie of the Year (which went to Evan Longoria).




Posted by Mick Doherty on Tuesday, November 04 2008 @ 03:21 PM EST.
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Mick Doherty - Tuesday, November 04 2008 @ 03:30 PM EST (#193799) #
It's an interesting Top 15 -- Several teams, like the Blue Jays, have multiple pitchers placing in the Top 15 -- Boston, New York, Tampa Bay and Los Angeles, that last the only team with three. That's heady company, especially given four of the five listed are in the same division (AL East).
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braden - Tuesday, November 04 2008 @ 04:07 PM EST (#193801) #
Looks like Halladay actually finished 10th in MVP balloting as well.
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Greg - Tuesday, November 04 2008 @ 05:10 PM EST (#193806) #
Joe Inglett got a well deserved #1 overall vote for AL MVP
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Chuck - Tuesday, November 04 2008 @ 06:25 PM EST (#193813) #

I don't get the point of going out of one's way to take part in the IBA voting and then voting like a moron. Spoling ballots in a political election is done to make a statement (whether or not you agree with this type of action). "Spoiling" IBA ballots has no purpose, at least none that I can see.

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Mick Doherty - Tuesday, November 04 2008 @ 08:27 PM EST (#193814) #
Looks like Halladay actually finished 10th in MVP balloting as well.

Good catch. I have edited the lede above to reflect that. Thanks!
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HollywoodHartman - Wednesday, November 05 2008 @ 01:03 AM EST (#193818) #
Will the MLB Network launching on Jan. 1st be available in Canada?
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Timbuck2 - Wednesday, November 05 2008 @ 09:39 AM EST (#193824) #

I don't get the point of going out of one's way to take part in the IBA voting and then voting like a moron. Spoling ballots in a political election is done to make a statement (whether or not you agree with this type of action). "Spoiling" IBA ballots has no purpose, at least none that I can see.

What if it was Joe Inglett voting for himself? ;)
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