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They looked at pebbles and missed the boulder. Felix did historic things last season, stuff no one had done since Pedro (lowest AL ERA since), or Tom Terrific (most consecutive ultra quality starts). If it's close, you gotta go with the superstar stuff. It's like giving the MVP to Miguel Cabrera over Mike Trout. Yeah, you can micro-evaluate everything. But...first triple crown winner since Yaz in the 60's. That tips the scales.
I don't know if ball clubs lobby for these things like colleges do the Heisman, but this was something the Mariner front office PR dept. should have been all over. The ultra quality start thing should have been all over the media, and certainly should have filled the voters's mailboxes. It is a sign of steady, unrelenting excellence that is unmatched and thus historic.