Last week, Kate Upton did Major League Baseball a huge solid by unloading an epic Twitter rant after Justin Verlander controversially lost the AL CY Young award to Rick Porcello. There were facts (Verlander’s edge in first-place votes), F-bombs, and a #ByeFelicia directed towards Porcello. Honestly, baseball awards voting had never been so lit.
Upton and Verlander have been busy touring Italy since the voting drama, but the model took some time to talk to Ken Rosenthal about her comments:
Asked @JustinVerlander about the dismissive comments of @KateUpton toward @RickPorcello in her tweet rant after the Cy Young announcement.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 23, 2016
.@KateUpton had said, “Sorry Rick but you didn’t get any first place votes? You didn’t win.” @JustinVerlander directed my question to Upton.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 23, 2016
“…I hope the attention my comments are generating motivates positive change in MLB, for instance not allowing voters to send in their…
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 23, 2016
“…ballot a week before the season is finished.” Note: Verlander and Porcello were teammates with the #Tigers from 2009 to ’14.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 23, 2016
