Lee Wins Cy Young

The American league Cy Young Award winner for 2008 has been announced and to nobody's surprise the winner this year is Cleveland Indians ace Cliff Lee. Lee was a major league best 22-3 with a 2.54 ERA in 31 starts this season for the Indians. Lee received 24 of a possible 28 votes (the other 4 went to Roy Holiday) en route to his first career Cy Young. What a difference a year makes for Lee who in 2007 struggled mightily before being demoted to AAA for much of the season.

An interesting side note: this is the second consecutive year a Cleveland pitcher has won the Cy Young. CC Sabathia edged out Josh Beckett for the award in 2007.