Model Kate Upton recently took to Twitter to rant about her fiancé, Justin Verlander, not getting the 2016 Cy Young Award. The Sports Illustrated cover girl showed her support towards the Detroit Tigers pitcher by calling out the people who did not vote for him.
Cy Young Award Point System Explained
The Cy Young Award is an award given each year to the best pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB). In the 2016 voting, Rick Porcello of the Boston Red Sox garnered first place to win the prestigious award, while Kate Upton's man took second.
Corey Kluber of the Cleveland Indians was a distant third. Based on the voting results, Porcello had a total of 137 points, while Justin Verlander, Kate Upton's fiancé, totaled 132.
Kate Upton had an issue about two writers who completely omitted Verlander from their list of preferred pitchers. Verlander had the most No. 1 votes with 14 out of 30 ballots, while Porcello had 8. Porcello led in No. 2 votes with 18, while Verlander had 2.
In the end, the point system showed that Porcello was the best pitcher in the league by a slight margin. The absence of his name on two ballots meant that two sports writers think that Verlander did not even deserve to be in the top five AL pitchers list for 2016.
Kate Upton Unleashes Expletives On Social Media After Verlander Snub
Kate Upton lashed out on Twitter with expletives, asking the identities of the two writers who did not include Verlander in their ballots. Kate Upton called the two voters "out of touch," highlighting how her boyfriend had the most first place votes but was not named the Cy Young awardee.
She asked the MLB to fire the writers. Kate Upton even called out the winner, Rick, stating that he should not win because he did not win any first place votes. The model's most interesting remark was when she wrote how she initially believed that she was the only person allowed to "f--ck" Verlander.
ESPN stated that Rick Porcello led the league with 22 wins and a 5.906 strikeouts-to-walks ratio. He was behind Verlander and Kluber in both ERA (3.15) and strikeouts (189), but he was extremely consistent. More updates and details on Kate Upton are expected soon.