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The Oakland Telegraph
20 August 2031
Stats Amazing: American League Cy Young winners
We hadn't heard from him for ages so assumed our editor had got rid of him. Turns out, our resident nerd Joe Nahill has just spent several months shut up in his room playing World of Warcraft and wondering what a real life naked woman looks like. Now he's back, and has written a fairly uninteresting piece, for no other reason than that no one has bothered to stop him.
Oakland's pitching has, for seemingly the last umpteen seasons, been the strongest in baseball. Even this year, after early struggles where their team ERA was festering stubbornly above 4.50, they have steadily improved and now are the best in the MLB once again. Today, their team ERA for the season stands at 3.61. Second is St. Louis with their devastating starting pitching pair Vincent Austin and James Groves, at 3.68. Second in the American League are the LA Angels at a distant 4.29. And that pitching strength is also exemplified by the A's dominance of American League Cy Young awards during the Dynastic Era. Jose Fernandez has won four, and Karl Dickson and Brad Dundee one apiece. Here is the full list:
2015 - Chris Sale (Chicago White Sox)
2016 - Chris Sale (Chicago White Sox)
2017 - Christian Binford (Kansas City)
2018 - Taijuan Walker (Seattle)
2019 - Tim Powers (Houston)
2020 - Kyle Crick (Houston)
2021 - Jose Berrios (Minnesota)
2022 - Jose Fernandez (Oakland)
2023 - Jose Fernandez (Oakland)
2024 - Jose Fernandez (Oakland)
2025 - Moises Gomez (Minnesota)
2026 - Jose Fernandez (Oakland)
2027 - Christian Binford (Seattle)
2028 - Karl Dickson (Oakland)
2029 - Gerardo Moreno (NY Yankees) (boo!)
2030 - Brad Dundee (Oakland)
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