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In a slight surprise, Cleveland Indians starter C.C. Sabathia was named the AL Cy Young award winner.

Remember, the voting was done before the post-season and only considered regular season performances.

Sabathia received 19-first place votes with 119 total points. Boston's Josh Beckett received 8-first place votes with 86 total points.

"Sabathia, 19-7 with a 3.21 ERA, received a $2.25 million bump in pay by winning the Cy Young. He gets a $250,000 bonus and will earn $11 million in 2008 instead of $9 million."

Sabathia trumps Beckett for AL Cy Young Award - USATODAY.com

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stejay

I dont think it is that surprising to be honest with you, he is a great player indeed

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ColbyPants

I think it was a crap shoot among the top contenders, which were all pretty equal. Any of them are deserving of the award. i would have voted for Carmona, actually.

TomC

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Kitty

Well deserved, he did his thing!

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stejay

May not be one of the best names in the MLB, but he does his thing and he has obviously done it right so far.

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DPETE56

It suprised me, I thought Beckett was going to win it.

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