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Kate Upton had some strong feelings about the AL Cy Young Award, but she wasn't the only one

Red Sox right-hander Rick Porcello was named the 2016 American League Cy Young Award winner on Wednesday on the strength of a season that saw him go 22-4 with a 3.15 ERA for the AL East-winning Sox. 
As you'd imagine, his victory over fellow finalists Justin Verlander and Corey Kluber elicited some strong takes on Twitter, such as this one from Verlander's fiancee, model Kate Upton: 

Upton went on to tweet several more times, commenting that, "He had the majority of 1st place votes and 2 writers didn't have him on their ballots?!!" later adding, "Sorry Rick but you didn't get any 1st place votes? you didn't win."
MLB.com's Bill Chastain, one of the BBWAA writers that did not have Verlander on their ballots, explained his vote as follows: 
"I took my vote very seriously and did extensive research, both studying numbers and talking to players. Based on those considerations, particularly players' input, I came to the conclusion that Rick Porcello and Zach Britton were the top two pitchers in the American League, and several other worthy pitchers were in a tier behind them. Justin Verlander was in that group to be sure, but just behind Corey Kluber, Chris Sale, and Masahiro Tanaka."
Mets flamethrower Noah Syndergaard, meanwhile, had a bit of a sense of humor with his standing in the final vote tallies: 

In terms of his own reaction, Verlander had this to say: 

Porcello's reaction was simple:

While his teammate Dustin Pedroia busted out some emojis: 

More accolades came in, too:

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