IBWAA SELECTS KERSHAW, SCHERZER IN CY YOUNG VOTE

IBWAA SELECTS KERSHAW, SCHERZER IN CY YOUNG VOTE

Los Angeles – The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announced the winners in the Cy Young pitching category Wednesday, with the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw winning the writers group’s National League award, and Max Scherzer, of the Detroit Tigers, being selected in the American League.

Election results are as follows:

NL Cy

1st Place:                     Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
2nd Place:                    Adam Wainwright, St. Louis Cardinals
3rd Place:                     Jose Fernandez, Miami Marlins
4th Place:                     Matt Harvey, New York Mets
5th Place:                     Cliff Lee, Philadelphia Phillies

AL Cy

1st Place:                     Max Scherzer, Detroit Tigers
2nd Place:                    Yu Darvish, Texas Rangers
3rd Place:                     Chris Sale, Chicago White Sox
4th Place:                     Hisashi Iwakuma, Seattle Mariners
5th Place:                     Bartolo Colon, Oakland Athletics

The IBWAA MVP awards will be announced Thursday, November 14, 2013, 11:00 a.m. PST.

The IBWAA was established July 4, 2009 to organize and promote the growing online baseball media, and to serve as a digital alternative to the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA). Voting for full season awards takes place in September of each year, with selections being announced in November. The IBWAA also holds a Hall of Fame election in December of each year, with results being announced the following January.

In 2010, the IBWAA began voting in its own relief pitcher category, establishing the Rollie Fingers American League Relief Pitcher of the Year and the Hoyt Wilhelm National League Relief Pitcher of the Year Awards.
Among others, IBWAA members include Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times; Barry Bloom, Chris Haft and Jim Thomas, MLB.com; Thomas Bonk; Tim Brown, Yahoo! Sports; Jim Bowden, Jim Caple, Mike Petriello, Mark A. Simon and David Schoenfield, ESPN.com; Ian Casselberry, Bloguin; Fred Claire, Jonah Keri, Grantland; Bruce Markusen, Hardball Times; Joe McDonnell, FoxSportsWest.com; Tom Hoffarth, J.P. Hoornstra and Jill Painter, Los Angeles Daily News; Tony Jackson, DodgerScribe.com, Kevin Kennedy, Dayn Perry, CBSSports.com, Ramona Shelburne, ESPNLA.com, and prominent baseball authors Paul Dickson, Peter Golenbock, Josh Pahigian, John Rosengren and Dan Schlossberg.

Association membership is open to any and all Internet baseball writers, with a yearly fee of $10, or $20 lifetime. Discounts for groups and scholarships are available.
For more information please visit www.ibwaa.com.
Contact:

Howard Cole
Director, IBWAA
baseballsavvy@aol.com