Totally agree... but it's not what you do, it's when you do it.  Just look at baseball and Bonds/Sosa/McGwire.  Only way this is happening is if Cushing makes a public announcement relinquishing his ROY to Byrd.  Doesn't really matter though... next year Byrd will be as good if not better and Cushing will probably see a drop in production (see Merriman)