So, if Carlos Zambrano goes 18-8 next year with a 1.50 ERA on a Cub team that finishes in 4th place (a team that finished dead last in offensive production, hypothetically of course) and Chris Carpenter goes 20-6 with a 4.00 ERA on a team that finished in first, you would give the Cy Young to Chris Carpenter? Yes Carpenter gets the edge. Thats the way the Award works. then it's a broken and stupid award and there's no reason to pay any attention to it, unless youre a player or an agent.