Paul Skenes, Tarik Skubal win Cy Young Awards
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Below are point totals for the balloting for the 2025 Cy Young Award, as voted on by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Ballots for each award were submitted before the start of the postseason from two writers in every city,
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Feast your eyes on back-to-back AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal draining a bomb in a pair of OBSCENE joggers
For the last two seasons, Tarik Skubal has been the most intimidating presence to grace the mound 60 feet and 6 inches from home plate in Major League Baseball. It took just one pair of heinous joggers, however, to instantly remove all of that aura.
The American League Cy Young award winner for 2025 is Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal .
We’re nearing the end of awards week for the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s four-highest honors that are handed out after every baseball season.The third was announced last night as Paul Skenes was unanimously named the Cy Young Award winner in the National League.
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Could Chris Sale have won the Cy Young but for injury?
Well, Skubal played the part, becoming the first repeat winner since Jacob deGrom in 2018-2019, and the first in the AL since Pedro Martinez in 1999-2000. Chris Sale, though, hurt his ribs making a diving play and was therefore not really in the running.
Skenes' girlfriend Livvy Dunne, a social media influencer and former LSU gymnast, chimed in after MLB announced he won the award on Wednesday, via X. "Cy Young Skenes has a nice ring to it," she said.
From its inception in 1956 until 1966, the Cy Young Award was given annually to the best pitcher in Major League Baseball. Since then, the award has been presented every season to the best pitcher in each league -- American League and National League.
Yamamoto’s finish is the highest by a Dodgers pitcher since Julio Urias finished third in 2022. The voting took place before Yamamoto’s outstanding postseason performance.