Overview
- Skubal earned 26 of 30 first-place votes, finishing ahead of Boston’s Garrett Crochet and Houston’s Hunter Brown, as Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes claimed the NL award.
- The left-hander went 13-6 with a 2.21 ERA and 241 strikeouts in 195 1/3 innings, leading qualified AL pitchers in ERA, strikeout rate (32.2%) and walk rate (4.4%).
- He topped AL pitchers in both Baseball-Reference and FanGraphs WAR and limited opponents to a .240 OBP and .559 OPS with a 0.891 WHIP.
- Highlights included a two-hit, 13-strikeout shutout of Cleveland on May 25 and six innings of one-run, 13-strikeout ball in the ALDS Game 5 before Detroit lost in 15 innings.
- Skubal is represented by Scott Boras and has one season of team control remaining, and multiple reports indicate Detroit could weigh an extension against listening to trade offers this offseason.