Tim Lincecum edged out strong competition from St. Louis duo Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright, second and third place respectively in voting, to win his second consecutive Cy Young Award.  Though he trailed Wainwright in first place votes, twelve to eleven, he garnered enough high votes to take the award.  Though Lincecum had the least victories (15) ever for a Cy Young winner, the third year phenom led the league in strikeouts for the second straight season.  In all fairness, the vote in St. Louis was split between the two Cardinal hurlers.  But Lincecum overcame a tough start to post improved numbers over those in 2008.  Good job Timmy. 

The voting was rounded out with Atlanta’s Javier Vazquez and Arizona’s Dan Haren in fourth and fifth, respectively.