Detroit Tigers’ Skubal & Pittsburgh Pirates’ Skenes Win Cy Young Awards
- * Paul Skenes (Pittsburgh pirates): Won the National League Cy Young Award unanimously.
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* Paul Skenes (Pittsburgh pirates): Won the National League Cy Young Award unanimously. He is the first pitcher in 40 years to win Rookie of the Year one season and the Cy Young Award the next. He finished the season with a 10-10 record despite leading the majors in ERA (1.97).
* Tarik Skubal (Detroit Tigers): Won his second straight american League Cy Young Award.
* Historical Context: Dwight Gooden is the onyl other pitcher to win Rookie of the Year and a Cy Young Award in consecutive seasons (1984-1985).Vern Law (1960) and Doug Drabek (1990) are the only other Pirates to win the Cy Young Award.
* Other Notable Players:
* Cristopher Sánchez (Philadelphia) finished second in NL Cy Young voting, triggering increases in his contract option prices.
* Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Los angeles Dodgers) finished third in NL Cy Young voting.
* Garrett Crochet (Boston Red Sox) finished second in AL Cy Young voting.