Halladay Wins NL Cy Young

Roy Halladay was named the unanimous winner of the 2010 National League Cy Young Award (1st place votes in parenthesis).

                             1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th   Pts
1. Roy Halladay, Phillies     32                       224
2. Adam Wainwright, Cardinals      28    3         1   122
3. Ubaldo Jimenez, Rockies          4   19    8    1    90
4. Tim Hudson, Atlanta                   3   13    4    39
5. Josh Johnson, Marlins                 5    5    9    34
6. Roy Oswalt, Astros/Phillies           1    3    5    14
7. Brian Wilson, Giants                       1    5     7
8. Heath Bell, Padres                    1         1     4
9. Mat Latos, Padres                          1    2     4
10. Brett Myers, Astros                       1          2
11. Tim Lincecum, Giants                           2     2
12. Bronson Arroyo, Reds                           1     1
13. Matt Cain, Giants                              1     1

The corresponding award from the Baseball Bloggers Alliance is the Walter Johnson Award:

                            1st votes   Pts
1. Roy Halladay, Phillies       19      133
2. Adam Wainwright, Cardinals            66
3. Ubaldo Jimenez, Rockies               52
4. Josh Johnson, Marlins                 43
5. Tim Hudson, Atlanta                   16
6. Tim Lincecum, San Francisco            7
7. Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles           2
8. Mat Latos, San Diego                   2
9. Heath Bell, San Diego                  1
10. Yovani Gallardo, Milwaukee            1

So far, the BBWAA and BBA are in complete synch.

The Red Sox claimed former Blue Jays pitcher Taylor Buchholz, 29, off waivers.

Buchholz #2 is a a distant cousin of Clay (although for years, it was reported they were not related) -- made 12 relief appearances for the Rockies and Jays last year. In 22 minor league games for Colorado, he had a 5.06 ERA.

As a reliever in 2008, Buchholz appeared in 63 games for the Rockies and had a 2.17 ERA (he was helped by a super low .145 BABIP on ground balls and a .222 overall BABIP). He missed all of 2009 after having Tommy John surgery.