Shenanigans.

"Price won by just four points, 153 to 149, after being placed first on exactly half of the 28 ballots submitted by the writers. Verlander received 13 first-place votes, with the last going, courtesy of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Drew Davison, to Rays closer Fernando Rodney, who didn't rank higher than third on any other ballot. That vote alone didn't cost Verlander the award, however, as Davison had Verlander second on his ballot and the difference between first and second place was just three points. What's more, if Davison had ranked Rodney behind both Verlander and Price, it would have given an extra point to Price as well (one point separated second and third places), resulting in a mere two-point gain for Verlander.

The 28 ballots were submitted by two writers from each of the 14 American League markets and the two Angels writers, Michael Martinez of FoxSportsWest.com and Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register, both put third-place finisher Jered Weaver second on their ballots and Verlander third. They did not cost Verlander the award either, as the difference between second and third place was just one point, so Verlander would only have had two more points if Martinez and Plunkett had flipped Weaver and Verlander on their ballots.

Rather, it took all three ballots to make the difference in the award, so one can't necessarily call shenanigans on the voters."

I call shenanigans because of the typical provincialism.

Like Mark Feinsand over in the NY Daily News pointlessly defending Cabrera over Trout. Not so much of a controversy.

How is Rafael Soriano 8th?

"8. Rafael Soriano, Yankees : Many thought the Yankees’ season was doomed when Mariano Rivera tore his ACL. Soriano had other thoughts."

"Many thought" something and a guy on the Yankees did better than "many thought" he would? That's it? You seriously can think of only 7 players in the entire AL who were more valuable than a replaceable relief pitcher?