1990 American League Cy Young Award Voting: Welch 1st, Clemens 2nd, Stewart 3rd, Thigpen 4th Who should have won? (Poll attached)

Who should have won the 1990 American League Cy Young Award?

@CodifyBaseball God I hate how much win/loss factored into these decisions back then lol

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@CodifyBaseball Welch

@CodifyBaseball @baseball_ref An absolute ERA:FIP outperformance masterclass by Welch. That, plus the vanity counting stats, sealed it for him even if it should have been Clemens.

@CodifyBaseball Pitcher records are so irrelevant

@CodifyBaseball Thiggy was the only one to set a record that year, he gets my vote.

@CodifyBaseball @baseball_ref I thought Stewart was going to win that year because he just seemed dominating not that Clemans wasnt<I was never a fan because the Rangers got robbed when they traded for him>

@CodifyBaseball Clemens

@CodifyBaseball Clemens should've won obviously, but why only 2.9 WAR for Welch? High FIP?

@CodifyBaseball Eckersley should have won.

@CodifyBaseball Absolutely blows my mind that there are STILL old guys who look at a situational stat that is out of the pitchers' hand as the determining factor in their personal achievements Old guys, if you look to W-L first, you don't know shit about baseball

@CodifyBaseball What was possibly the argument for Welch?! Dude wasn’t the best at literally anything except wins

@CodifyBaseball Clemens

@CodifyBaseball Just imagine if Clemens had the 27 wins Welch had

@CodifyBaseball @baseball_ref My vote: 1. Stewart 2. Clemens 3. Thigpen 4. Finley

@CodifyBaseball Stew and Welch should’ve co-won

@CodifyBaseball @baseball_ref WAR didn’t exist then, you want to review the past by today standards