The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announced their Cy Young winners Wednesday. From the press release:

The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announced the winners of the IBWAA Cy Young awards Wednesday: Trevor Bauer of the Cincinnati Reds and Shane Bieber of the Cleveland Indians. This is the IBWAA’s 12th annual election for these awards. All IBWAA members were eligible to vote.

Election results are as follows:

AL:

1st Place: Shane Bieber, Cleveland Indians- 937 points
2nd Place: Kenta Maeda, Minnesota Twins- 328 points
3rd Place: Gerrit Cole, New York Yankees- 216 points

NL:

1st Place: Trevor Bauer, Cincinnati Reds- 628 points
2nd Place: Yu Darvish, Chicago Cubs- 517 points
3rd Place: Jacob deGrom, New York Mets- 465 points

The IBWAA endeavors to serve the baseball writing community, representing more than 600 baseball content creators. We strive to increase visibility, networking, and opportunities for all of our members. Voting for full season awards takes place in September of each year, with selections announced in November. The IBWAA also holds a Hall of Fame election in December of each year, with results announced the following January.

There will be a difference here between this group and the BBWAA, who put Hyun Jin Ryu in the top three instead of Gerrit Cole. Cole posted better strikeout and walk numbers, Ryu did a better job of keeping the ball in the park. Due mostly to that last statistic, Ryu came in with a 2.69 ERA to Cole’s 2.84.

Bauer and Bieber were teammates last year on Cleveland, and now get to share the spotlight as the best pitchers in each league. They finished 1-2 in ERA in the majors, 1.63 for Bieber, 1.73 for for Bauer. Unfortunately, they did not get to face each other this season.

Congratulations to both pitchers on outstanding seasons!