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Nava Grabs AL Cy Young Award: The Boston Red Sox have a rising superstar or maybe even a budding Hall-of-Famer in the making.
It's Tony Nava, this year's American League Cy Young Award selection. This blossoming hurler wowed fans, peers and sportswriters with a fabulous performance. Nava compiled a 16-6 record in 33 starts, tallied 246 strikeouts in 197.1 innings and recorded a 3.01 ERA. Other clubs managed only a .225 batting average against him. He received 29 first place votes out of a possible 30. Al Wills of the Boston Red Sox finished second in voting with 1 first place vote, while Huascar Ynoa of the Minnesota Twins finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Tony Nava - Boston Red Sox - 29 - 686 Al Wills - Boston Red Sox - 1 - 276 Huascar Ynoa - Minnesota Twins - 0 - 140 Robert Stephenson - Toronto Blue Jays - 0 - 59 Jose Quintana - Tampa Bay Rays - 0 - 33 Dan Crawford - Baltimore Orioles - 0 - 32 Mrinal Shivaprakash - Los Angeles Angels - 0 - 30 Steven Matz - Los Angeles Angels - 0 - 28 Jonathon Carroll - Detroit Tigers - 0 - 24 Phil Christopher - Boston Red Sox - 0 - 20 Blake Snell - Detroit Tigers - 0 - 6 |