Cy Young


Tigers’ Tarik Skubal wins AL Cy Young again

Left-hander Tarik Skubal of the Detroit Tigers won the American League Cy Young award for the second straight season. Skubal becomes the 23rd pitcher to win multiple Cy Young Awards. The list features seven-time winner Roger Clemens; five-time winner Randy Johnson; four-time winners Steve Carlton and Greg Maddux; three-time winners…


Tigers’ left-hander Tarik Skubal unanimously wins AL Cy Young Award

Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal was unanimously selected as the American League Cy Young Award winner. For the third consecutive year, the AL Cy Young Award winner has been a unanimous choice. Skubal’s election follows those of Gerrit Cole in 2023 and Justin Verlander in 2022. The only other time…


Pitching Triple Crown winner Chris Sale takes National League Cy Young Award

Atlanta Braves left-hander Chris Sale won the National League Cy Young Award. Sale, who led National League pitchers in victories (18-3 record), earned run average (2.38) and strikeouts (225), is the ninth “triple crown” winner in the league to capture the Cy Young Award. Sandy Koufax won the triple crown…


Yankees’ Gerrit Cole wins Cy Young unanimously

Yankees’ right-hander Gerrit Cole unanimously won the American League MVP Award, marking the 11th time an AL pitcher has swept the voting. The others were Justin Verlander in 2011 and 2022, Johan Santana in 2004 and 2006, Pedro Martinez in 1999 and 2000, Roger Clemens in 1986 and 1998, Ron…


Padres’ Blake Snell adds an NL Cy Young Award to his AL honor from 2018

Padres’ left-hander Blake Snell, a previous winner in the American League with the Rays in 2018, won the National League Cy Young Award. He joined the company of Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Max Scherzer, Gaylord Perry and Roy Halladay as Cy Young Award winners in both leagues. Clemens…


Astros’ Justin Verlander wins his third AL Cy Young

Astros’ right-hander Justin Verlander was a unanimous selection for the American League Cy Young Award, making him the 11th pitcher to win the award at least three times. Roger Clemens holds the record with seven (six in the American League, one in the National League). Randy Johnson won five times…


Marlins’ Sandy Alcantara rolls to unanimous victory in Cy Young race

Marlins’ right-hander Sandy Alcantara won the National League Cy Young Award unanimously, the 15th time a pitcher in the NL has swept the voting. Alcantara joins a list featuring Sandy Koufax three times (1963, ‘65-66), Greg Maddux twice (1994-95) and once each by Clayton Kershaw (2014), Roy Halladay (2010), Jake…


Brewers’ Corbin Burnes wins tight Cy Young race

Milwaukee Brewers’ right-hander Corbin Burnes narrowly edged the Philadelphia Phillies’ Zack Wheeler to win the National League Cy Young Award. The 10-point margin of victory is the closest in the National League and tied for the fourth overall since the ballot expanded from three to five pitchers in 2010. The…


Blue Jays’ Robbie Ray wins AL Cy Young Award

Robbie Ray was elected as the American League Cy Young Award winner, the fifth time a Toronto pitcher has won. Other Blue Jays winners were Pat Hentgen in 1996, Roger Clemens in 1997 and ‘98 and Roy Halladay in 2003. Ray and runner-up Gerrit Cole were the only pitchers listed…