The Whole Delivery

AP Photo/Paul Beaty Even with his not so stellar final start of the season against the Twins, the only saving grace for the Royals this year becomes the third pitcher in their franchise to win the award Kansas City Royals right-hander Zack Greinke has been named the American League Cy Young Award winner by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Greinke placed first on 25 of 28 ballots cast by two writers from each AL city and second on three others for a total of 134 points, based on the 5-3-1 tabulation system, as he became the first AL pitcher to win the award while pitching for a last-place team since Roger Clemens won it with Toronto in 1997. Greinke was the silver lining in another disappointing season for the Royals, going 16-8 with a 2.16 earned run average and 1.07 WHIP, while striking out 242 batters for a Kansas City team that lost 97 games. His league-leading ERA was the AL's lowest since Pedro Martinez posted a 1.74 mark in 2000. David Cone in ...