Cooper: Sale deserving of AL Cy Young Award

CHICAGO — Don Cooper does not have a vote for the 2016 American League Cy Young Award.

But the White Sox pitching coach strongly and not unexpectedly threw his support behind staff ace Chris Sale when bringing up the matter Tuesday afternoon.

“He’s the Cy Young guy with three or four more games to go,” said Cooper of Sale, who could get four starts if he takes the mound for the season finale against the Twins on Oct. 2. “I’m prejudiced, and I haven’t looked at all the stuff or compared all the numbers.

“For me, he’s the Cy Young guy. He’s going longer in games. The [stuff] that we talked about and wanted to get done has gotten done. The one thing you can’t account for is wins.”

Cooper immediately earned support from many across the world of baseball when dismissing wins as a criteria for the ultimate pitching award. It’s a point most voters seemed to have accepted as well.

This theory certainly wasn’t a direct hit at Cy Young contenders such as Boston’s Rick Porcello, who has 20 victories, or Toronto’s J.A. …

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