Overview
- Skenes received all 30 first-place votes, with the Phillies’ Cristopher Sánchez taking all 30 second-place votes and the Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto finishing third.
- Skubal claimed 26 of 30 first-place votes; the Red Sox’s Garrett Crochet earned the other four and the Astros’ Hunter Brown drew 24 third-place votes.
- Skenes led MLB with a 1.97 ERA and logged 216 strikeouts over 187.2 innings in his first full season, becoming the first pitcher in 40 years to follow Rookie of the Year with a Cy Young and the Pirates’ first winner since Doug Drabek in 1990.
- Skubal delivered a 2.21 ERA, 0.89 WHIP, 241 strikeouts in 195.1 innings and a 7.30 K/BB ratio, strengthening his case as a back-to-back winner.
- The awards were announced on MLB Network as part of BBWAA awards week, with MVP honors scheduled to be revealed Thursday.