Chris Sale, Tarik Skubal earn first career Cy Young Awards

Tarik Skubal and Chris Sale, some of whom won the pitching Triple Crown (wins, ERA, strikeouts) successful their respective leagues, were named the American League and National League Cy Young Award winners Wednesday. 

It was the archetypal clip each of them won the award.

Skubal pitched to a 2.39 ERA, and his 228 strikeouts and 18 wins (tied with Sale) were tops successful each of baseball. He received each 30 first-place votes successful the American League, winning the grant unanimously connected his 28th birthday. Seth Lugo of the Royals finished second, portion Cleveland person Emmanuel Clase, who had a 0.61 ERA, finished successful third.

It was not that agelong agone Skubal was a middling arm. In 2021, helium had a 4.34 ERA successful 31 appearances. 

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Chris Sale and Tarik Skubal (IMAGN)

Last season, successful 15 starts, helium showed his imaginable with a 2.80 ERA. This year, though, helium enactment it each unneurotic to go the ace of a squad that rallied precocious to clinch a postseason berth.

Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Tarik Skubal gestures aft a treble play ends the sixth inning during Game 2 of an AL Division Series against the Cleveland Guardians Oct. 7, 2024, successful Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)

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For Sale, it was a resurgent twelvemonth aft helium had made conscionable 31 starts from 2020 to 2023 aft respective years of dominance. The 35-year-old took the elevation 29 times past play and dominated with MLB bests successful ERA (2.38) and K/9 (11.4), on with 225 strikeouts.

Sale received 26 first-place votes, portion the Phillies' Zack Wheeler, who finished successful second, received the different four. NL Rookie of the Year Paul Skenes finished successful third. From 2012 to 2018, Sale finished nary worse than sixth spot successful the Cy Young voting, and this marks the archetypal clip helium won the award.

Sale had already been named the NL’s Comeback Player of the Year and was named to the All-MLB archetypal team. The Atlanta Braves acquired the lefty and currency from the Boston Red Sox earlier the 2024 play for Vaughn Grissom, who deed .190 successful 31 games this season. Turns out, it was a decent commercialized for Atlanta.

Atlanta Braves pitcher Chris Sale throws against the Arizona Diamondbacks successful the archetypal inning July 9, 2024, successful Phoenix.  (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

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The MLB awards volition wrapper up Thursday, erstwhile Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani are expected to beryllium named the AL and NL MVPs aft combining for 112 location runs and 274 RBIs.

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