Rohan Nadkarni is a sports reporter for NBC News.
Atlanta Braves pitcher Chris Sale and Detroit Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal won the Cy Young Award for the best pitchers in their respective leagues, MLB announced Tuesday. Sale won the National League honor while Skubal won the American League’s. Both Sale and Skubal won their respective league’s Triple Crown in 2024, leading the NL and AL in wins, ERA and strikeouts. Sale went 18-3 in his first season for the Braves, striking out 225 batters with a 2.38 ERA.
Injuries affected Sale at the start of this decade, however, as he missed the entire 2020 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery, then made only 11 starts combined the next two years. The Boston Red Sox traded Sale to the Braves last December — also sending Atlanta $17 million, effectively paying his salary last season. Atlanta, in a show of confidence in Sale’s health, signed him to a two-year, $38 million extension in January.
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