Atlanta Braves left-hander Chris Sale is the National League Cy Young Award winner. He was honored Wednesday night after being the league’s first pitching triple crown winner since 2011. In his first season with the Braves, Sale led the NL with 18 wins, 225 strikeouts and a 2.38 ERA. He received 26 of 30 first-place […]
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Chris Sale wins NL Cy Young Award; Tarik Skubal the AL Cy Young Award
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Atlanta Braves left-hander Chris Sale is the National League Cy Young Award winner. He was honored Wednesday night after being the league’s first pitching triple crown winner since 2011. In his first season with the Braves, Sale led the NL with 18 wins, 225 strikeouts and a 2.38 ERA. He received 26 of 30 first-place votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Phillies right-hander Zack Wheeler finished second, and hard-throwing Pittsburgh righty Paul Skenes was third only two days after being selected the NL Rookie of the Year.
Tarik Skubal of the Detroit Tigers has been named the American League Cy Young award winner. He beat out Cleveland closer Emmanuel Clase and Kansas City starter Seth Lugo.