November 17, 2021

Burnes Wins by Consensus

Corbin Burnes of the Brewers ties Zack Wheeler of the Phillies with twelve first place votes for the NL Cy Young Award. Burnes is the consensus second place pick with 14 votes to Wheeler’s nine, and Burnes wins the award 151 points to 141 points. Wheeler garnered votes in all five slots, with nine votes below second place. Nine pitchers in all received at least one vote.

One of the nice things about the Borda count voting system is that if there isn’t a good first choice, the consensus second choice wins.

Congratulations to Burnes on a marvelous season!

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