Rookie pitcher Joey Wilson bested Veteran pitcher P.J. Dobbins by 13 points in the Cy Young award points system from the Wild Boars.  In the tightly contested team  pitching award had 8 Boars pitcher after the award.

Running away with it was Joey Wilson #00 Joey pitched 33 1/3 innings getting his 1 win but keeping the Boars within striking distance at all times, though offense failed to give him more wins his team low 4.59 ERA and 28 strike outs gave him the points he needed to overtake Dobbins. 

Dobbins a 2 game winner this year was 3rd on the team with his ERA behind Garret Copas.

Wilson also threw 2 complete games 1 a thing of  perfection against last years league champions and First Team All MVABL pitcher Aaron Carmack only to lose it the 7th by 1 run. Wilson dueled with Carmack one of the leagues best pitchers. This award came down to Innings pitched, strike outs and ERA that is where Wilson  pulled away from the rest.

Other Boars Pitchers winning the team award are,                                    Brandon Lucas - 2016                                                                                                   Dexter Poole - 2015

The scoring went as follows #1 Wilson - 92, #2 Dobbins -79, #3 Knight- 62, #4 Lucas - 54, #5 Hahn - 50, #6 Carroll - 39, #7 Copas 34**, #8 Pfeiffer 31** 

** Copas and Pfeiffer Injuries in season prevented more games from being pitched.

Congratulations Joey Wilson, Wild Boars 2017 Cy Young Winner.