Cliff Has Been Getting a Lot of Lee-Way

[above: Cliff Lee notices a leak in the ceiling]

Cleveland Indians ace Cliff Lee has really shined this year for the disappointing AL club. At the moment, he is 19-2 with a 2.43 Earned Run Average. Needless to say, he is my AL Cy Young Pick. 

Make all the arguments you want for K-Rod, but even if he in fact breaks Bobby Thigpen's save record, he still won't win the Cy. 

In addition to Lee's outstanding pitching this season, he has also received plenty of the aforementioned "Lee-way," as the Indians have scored an average of 5.42 runs when he is on the mound. 

Despite posting a 51-32 record over the previous four seasons, his ERA was an awful 4.76, another indication that the Tribe seems to always be hitting for him. Lee, by shaving nearly four runs off of his ERA between 2007 and 2008, is yet another candidate for Most Improved, like my MVP pick Carlos Quentin.

More to come on my picks.