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Pitching Triple Crown winners Chris Sale and Tarik Skubal are among the finalists for the Cy Young Award in the National and American Leagues, respectively. Rookie Paul Skenes, Zack Wheeler for the NL and Emmanuel Clase and Seth Lugo for the AL complete the final shortlists.
The left-hander belonging to the Atlanta Braves led the old circuit in ERA (2.38; leader in the entire MLB), wins (18), strikeouts (225) and stood out in a year in which he was able to stay healthy after a long time. In fact, his name appears in the shortlist for the award for the first time since 2017 and in total it is the fifth time that he has been part of the Top-5.
In addition, he was the leader not only in the NL but in all of baseball in adjusted ERA (174), FIP (2.09), average strikeouts per nine innings and his HR/9 was the lowest (0.46) among all pitchers. qualified.
For his part, Tarik Skubal will seek to be the first Detroit Tiger to win the Cy Young since Justin Verlander in 2011 and the first left-hander to win the distinction in the same year that Johan Santana wins the American Triple Crown in 2006.
It should be noted that while leading the American League in earned run average (2.39), he led all of baseball in wins (18; co-leader with Sale) and guillotines (228). He also excelled his circuit in ERA+ (170) and FIP (2.50).
His opponents also have arguments
Although Chris Sale and Tarik Skubal seem to be the big favorites for having dominated their circuits with the Triple Crown, their opponents also have arguments, as is the case of Paul Skenes, who since his debut on May 11 led the Higher in effectiveness (1.96).
For his part, Zack Wheeler led the circuit in quality starts (26), WHIP (0.96) and average against opponents (.192). He was just one of four pitchers in the majors to reach 200 innings of work.
Meanwhile, Emmanuel Clase appears in the AL after saving 47 games (MLB leader) and registering a 0.61 ERA in 74 and a third innings. Meanwhile, Seth Lugo is coming off the best year of his career, going 16-9, with a 3.00 ERA and 1.10 WHIP. His 33 starts and 836 batters faced were the most in the AL.
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