Clayton Kershaw is the proud recipient of the 2011 National League Cy Young Award. We all saw this coming.
The 23-year-old Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander and his disgusting curveball received 27 of the 32 possible first-place votes from the BBWAA to earn the honor. He snagged the pitching Triple Crown by leading the NL with a 2.28 ERA and 248 strikeouts and tying Ian Kennedy for most wins with a 21-5 record. Not bad.
Kershaw, whose previous best for victories was a meager 13, crushed it during the final two months of the season, going 8-0 with a 0.96 ERA over his final nine starts. He was was 5-0 against the defending World Series champion San Francisco Giants, but even more impressive was his 4-0 mark with a ridiculous 0.30 ERA in head-to-head matchups with 2008 and 2009 Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum. Especially badass at Dodger Stadium, he went 12-1 with the lowest home ERA in the big leagues at 1.69.
You'd think he's done stuff right with his life so far, earning his first Gold Glove this season and everything, but he went and got married last winter. Slow down and enjoy your youth, ten-speed.
Things are pretty exciting for the Dodgers this week, as teammate Matt Kemp is vying for NL MVP. That would be like the icing on his delicious financial cake.
[Los Angeles Times]
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