The Major League Baseball awards season after the 2024 campaign began with the awards for Rookies and Managers of the Year. Now, heMLB announced the best pitchers of the American League and the National League. Chris leaves the Atlanta Braves was the winner of the Old Circuit while the winner of the Young Circuit was Tarik Skubal de los Detroit Tigers.
Sale beat Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Zack Wheeler of the Philadelphia Phillies. The left-hander revived his career in Atlanta after three bad years with the Boston Red Sox by leading the NL in wins, with 18, in strikeoutswith 225, and in effectiveness, with 2.38. The 35-year-old veteran pitched 177 and two-thirds innings in which he allowed 141 hits and only nine home runs. His average strikeouts per nine innings was 11.4. In addition, he was a Gold Glove winner.
Sale received 26 of 30 first-place votes. The other four went to Wheeler. Skenes received one second-place vote and 13 third-place votes. The other pitchers who were considered were Dylan Cease of the San Diego Padres, with six third-place votes, and Shota Imanaga of the Chicago Cubs, with seven third-place votes.
In addition, Sale became the fifth Braves player to win the Cy Young in franchise history. The other four were Warren Spahm (1957), Tom Glavine (1991 and 1998), Greg Maddux (1993, 1994 y 1995) y John Smoltz (1996).
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Skubal, the Cy Young winner in the American League
Skubal beat Emmanuel Clase of the Cleveland Guardians and Seth Lugo of the Kansas City Royalsin the voting for the best pitcher in the American League in what was a battle of the Central division. The Detroit pitcher won the award unanimously after receiving 30 first-place votes.. Lugo received 14 second-place votes and nine third-place votes. Class was chosen nine times at second position and seven at third. Cole Ragans of the Kansas City Royals was voted second three times and third six times. Fifth place went to Corbin Burnes of the Baltimore Orioles, with three in second place and four in third.
The left-handed pitcher led the American League in wins (18), in ERA (2.39), in strikeouts (228) and in WAR (6.3). Skubal completed 192 innings after 31 starts and only allowed 142 hits, 51 earned runs and 15 home runs. In addition, he negotiated 35 walks and hit nine pitches.
Skubal became the fifth member of the Tigers to win the Cy Young. The other four were Denny McLain (1968 and 1969), Willie Hernández (1984), Justin Verlander (2011) and Max Scherzer (2013).
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