In what was accepted to be a tighter three-person race, Arrieta got 17 first-place votes for 169 credibility from associates of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Greinke drew 10 first-place votes and had 147 points. Kershaw had the added three firsts and 101 points.
Arrieta led the majors in wins, traveling 22-6. He went 11-0 in his endure 12 starts, blame the Cubs into the playoffs for the aboriginal time back 2008. The 29-year-old righty had a 1.77 ERA, addled out 236 and pitched a no-hitter.
Arrieta was the aboriginal Cubs bullpen to win the account back Greg Maddux in 1992.The Cubs won a above postseason accolade for the third beeline day. Kris Bryant was the NL Rookie of the Year and Joe Maddon was the NL Manager of the Year.
The MVP awards will be appear Thursday.
Greinke acquaint a 1.66 ERA that was the everyman in the majors back Maddux in 1995. Greinke went 19-3, fanned 200 and had a scoreless band of 45 2-3 innings.
Kershaw had won three of the antecedent four NL Cy Youngs. He addled out 301, the a lot of in the majors back 2002, and went 16-7 with a 2.13 ERA for the NL West champions.
Keuchel got 22 first-place votes for 186 points. David Price drew eight first-place votes and 143 credibility for his breach division with Detroit and Toronto and Oakland's Sonny Gray accomplished third.
Keuchel led the AL in wins, traveling 20-8 and allowance Houston ability the playoffs for the aboriginal time back 2005. The barbate 27-year-old with a ascendant sinker and aciculate slider had a 2.48 ERA and 216 strikeouts.
Price went 18-5 with a 2.45 ERA and 225 strikeouts. Traded from Detroit to Toronto in backward July, he was a key acumen the Blue Jays fabricated their aboriginal playoff actualization back 1993.
Keuchel became the aboriginal Houston bullpen to win the Cy Young back Roger Clemens in 2004, and the aboriginal do it back the Astros abutting the AL.
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