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Home Grown Cy Young Winners Signal Baseball Shift
The 1985 Cy Young winners Dwight Gooden and Bret Saberhagen typify a shift to young home grown talent. The piece notes top drafts like Jimmy Key Alvin Davis Tom Browning and Vince Coleman, and contrasts long term signings with a growing reliance on developed players. It highlights other young stars and the trend toward internal development over free agency.
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Dwight Gooden
Bret Saberhagen
Gooden
New York Mets
Saberhagen
Kansas City Royals
Toronto
Jimmy Key
Seattle
Alvin Davis
Cincinnati
Tom Browning
St. Louis
Vince Coleman
Terry Pendleton
Roger McDowell
Ken Howell
Kirk McCaskill
Sammy Khalifa
Mark Bailey
Zane Smith
Shawon Dunston
Tim Birtsas
Todd Worrell
Steve Garvey
San Diego
Baltimore
Detroit
Kansas City