Major League Baseball (MLB) New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole has been honored with the American League (AL)'s top pitching award.
Cole swept all 30 first-place votes in the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) balloting, which was announced today (Nov. 16), to win the AL Cy Young Award unanimously.
The win is a welcome relief for Cole, who finished second in the 2019 and 2021 Cy Young voting.
In 33 starts this year, Cole went 15-4 with a 2.63 ERA. He leads the AL in ERA. In 209 innings pitched, he struck out 222 batters and threw two complete games.
Cole is the 11th player to win the unanimous AL Cy Young Award. Previously, Justin Verlander (2011-2022), Johan Santana (2004-2006), Pedro Martinez (1999-2000), Roger Clemens (1986-1998), Ron Guidry (1978) and Denny McClain (1968) were unanimous winners.
Cole is the first Yankees pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in 22 years, since Clemens in 2001, and the sixth all-time.
In the National League (NL), Blake Snell, who played for the San Diego Padres this year, was voted the Cy Young Award winner. 카지노사이트랭크 He received 30 first-place votes and two second-place votes, totaling 204 points in the voting.
Snell, who won the 2018 AL Cy Young Award while playing for the Tampa Bay Rays, becomes the seventh pitcher to win the award in both leagues, joining Clemens, Randy Johnson, Martinez, Max Scherzer, Gaylord Perry, and Roy Halladay.
He is the fifth San Diego pitcher to win the Cy Young Award, joining Randy Jones (1976), Perry (1978), Mark Davis (1989) and Jake Peavy (1987).
Snell pitched in 32 games and 180 innings this season, posting a 14-9 record with a 2.25 ERA and 234 strikeouts. She was first in the conference in ERA and second in strikeouts. 고스톱
