Story of the Season Becomes Best Pitcher in the NL

       After a tremendous year on a not-so-tremendous team, Mets starter Robert Allan Dickey won the 2012 NL Cy Young on Wednesday night and became the first knuckler to do so ever. He is also the first Met to do it since Dwight Gooden back in 1985. R.A. went 20-6 with a 2.73 ERA. Dickey as well had 8 shutouts including 1-hitters in back-to-back starts in June. There were many people in Baseball, however, that believed that Dickey shouldn't win the award because he was on a bad team. Let me tell all of those people that R.A. being a Metropolitan helps him even MORE. To think that a pitcher could win 20 games on such a terrible offensive team is quite astonishing feat. Seattle's Felix Hernandez can't do that, and he plays for a little better of an offensive club.

       What Mets fans should worry about most is that this accolade will raise Dickey's price tag quite a bit. In the recent days and weeks, there have been some rumors about the Mets shopping for him. Alderson and the organization have said that trading Dickey or David Wright would be a last resort, but if Dickey and Alderson can't find an extension agreement, I could definitely see the Mets looking for options, even if it isn't willingly.

       

       Here are some of the best moments of R.A.'s magical season: