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Sam Fishers AFL career hangs in the balance despite the veteran defender escaping the axe wielded on Friday by St Kilda.Several clubs announced list changes ahead of Mondays first AFL list lodgement, but Fisher wasnt one of the four players cut by the Saints.Fisher is out of contract but keen to continue his 228-game career in 2017, however the club has put off making a decision until after the trade and free agency periods.But the 34-year-old is believed to have begun mulling retirement as discussions on his playing future had dragged on.A rookie spot appears his best chance of playing next year.Tom Lee, Cameron Shenton, Brodie Murdoch and Eli Templeton were told they would not be offered new contracts.We really appreciate the contribution that Cameron, Brodie, Tom and Eli have made to St Kilda Football Club as both people and players, chief operating officer Ameet Bains said.Each of the boys should be proud of their ongoing effort and level of professionalism during their time with the club.Popular defender Matt Spangher was one of several cuts Hawthorn made to their playing list.The journeyman achieved cult-hero status among Hawks fans for his part in the clubs 2014 grand-final win, but struggled with soft-tissue injuries and managed just one game this season.Former Melbourne ruckman Jack Fitzpatrick, defender Angus Litherland and small forward Zac Webster were also cut on Friday from the Demons senior list.Spangher, 29, was a second-round selection by West Coast at the 2005 draft and played 56 games in stints with the Eagles, Sydney and Hawthorn.He managed a career-high 15 games in 2014 and finally tasted premiership success after missing out on the Eagles 2006 flag and the Swans 2012 grand-final win.Fitzpatrick played three games for the Hawks this year after crossing from the Demons where he managed 22 senior appearances.His miraculous long-bomb goal in his club debut against Collingwood in Round 23 sealed a top-four finish for Hawthorn and he featured in both his sides finals.Rookies Lachlan Langford, Jermaine Miller-Lewis, Alex Woodward and Shem Tatupu were also delisted.The Western Bulldogs officially cut ties with ruckman Will Minson and also delisted Josh Prudden, although they offered him a rookie spot.Minson played 191 games for the Dogs and was an All Australian in 2013, but wasnt even an emergency for this years grand-final team.Essendon waved goodbye to 133-game veteran Courtenay Dempsey, Will Hams and rookie Gach Nyuon.Courtenay has made a significant contribution to the club both on and off the field during a career which spanned more than a decade at Essendon, football manager Rob Kerr said.He played with flair and courage, was a role model to his young teammates and has worked hard to make a difference in the indigenous community.Former Port Adelaide midfielder Andrew Moore was let go by Richmond after one season at Punt Road.Seb Tape, a first-round pick in 2010, was cut by Gold Coast, plus Keegan Brooksby, Clay Cameron, Luke Russell and Henry Schade.Delisted players have the opportunity to join other clubs in one of three free-agent signing periods - the first one opens on Tuesday - or via the national, rookie or pre-season drafts. 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Its the voting.Porcello led baseball with 22 wins for Boston, and had a 3.15 ERA.Porcello won despite getting just eight of the 30 first-place votes from members of the Baseball Writers Association of America -- this was the first time the AL Cy winner didnt get the most firsts.Verlander went 16-9 with a 2.40 ERA while leading the AL in strikeouts and other categories. He got 14 first-place votes, but didnt draw as much support across the board -- he was left off two ballots, too.Overall, Porcello won 137-132 in the second-closest vote since 1970 (Verlander lost by four points to David Price in 2012).Voters list their five picks in order. A first-place vote is worth seven points, four for second, three for third, two for fourth and one for fifth. Verlander needed to pick up five more points to match Porcello.Upton fired off three tweets, one of them rather saucy, telling Porcello you didnt win.Asked whether he was bothered by the brouhaha, Porcello simply said, No, I honestly dont care.Im not the one who made the decision, he said on a conference call.Porcello got a $100,000 bonus for winning the Cy. Verlander, who won the 2011 award, wouldve gotten $500,000 for this win.Porcello bouunced back from going 9-15 in his first season with the Red Sox, finishing 22-4 for the AL East champs.ddddddddddddHe shared this last win of 2016 with those who never wavered in their support, admitting, It was hard not to start bawling and crying.Clevelands Corey Kluber was third and got three first-place votes. Baltimore reliever Zach Britton, who went 47 for 47 on save chances with a 0.54 ERA, had five first-place votes and was fourth.Scherzer breezed, drawing 25 first-place votes to beat out Chicago Cubs teammates Jon Lester and Kyle Hendricks.Scherzer became the sixth pitcher to earn the Cy Young in both leagues. After earning the AL honor in 2013 with the Tigers, Scherzer joined Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Gaylord Perry and Roy Halladay as winners in both leagues.This award, Scherzer said, meant even more than the first one.It just verifies everything I try to achieve, he said.Scherzer posted a record-tying 20-strikeout performance for the NL East champion Nationals, a year after he threw two no-hitters in his first season with Washington.I want to find a way to be better, he said.Scherzer is the first pitcher from a Washington franchise to win a Cy Young. The award was first presented in 1956.Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw got three first-place votes and finished fifth. Jose Fernandez, the Miami star killed in a boating accident in September, was seventh.The final major postseason awards will be presented Thursday when the MVP honors are announced.Cubs slugger Kris Bryant, Washingtons Daniel Murphy and newly presented Rookie of the Year Corey Seager of the Dodgers are up for the NL award. Mike Trout of the Angels, Mookie Betts of the Red Sox and Jose Altuve of the Astros are the AL contestants. ' ' '