Chris Sale of the Atlanta Braves and Tarik Skubal of the Detroit Tigers were named the winners of the 2024 MLB Cy Young awards.
The pitcher who was awarded the National League Cy Young, Chris Sale of the Atlanta Braves, is slightly older at 35, becoming the fifth-eldest first-time winner in MLB history.Age is clearly just a number. Both won pitching's Triple Crown in their respective leagues this season and were rewarded for their performances on Wednesday with some hardware from
Skubal, who turned 28 on the day the award winner was announced, easily topped fellow finalists Emmanuel Clase, the closer for the Cleveland Guardians, and Seth Lugo, starter for the Kansas City Royals, as the unanimous winner.The left-hand starter went 18-4 with a 2.39 ERA and 228 strikeouts, leading the AL in all three categories to take pitching's Triple Crown during his breakout season.
Skubal received all 30 first-place votes for a total of 210 points. He becomes the first member of the Tigers to win the award since Max Scherzer in 2013. Lugo, who in his ninth MLB season and first with the Royals won a career-best 16 games and had a 3.00 ERA and 1.09 WHIP, finished second with 14 second-place votes and 93 points. Clase, who had an AL-leading 47 saves and a 0.61 ERA to become the first reliever to be named a finalist since Francisco Rodriguez in 2008, received nine second-place votes and placed third with 66 points.The rejuvenated Sale, in his 14th season, returned to Cy Young form by going 18-3 with a 2.
Sale is the first Braves pitcher to win the NL Cy Young award since Tom Glavine in 1998. He received 26 first-place votes and had a total of 198 points.Wheeler, who had a career-best 2.57 ERA and led the NL with a 0.96 WHIP, finished second in voting with four first-place votes and 130 points. Skenes, who went 11-3 and led the league with a 1.96 ERA after making his MLB debut on May 11, placed third with 53 points.
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