![]() ![]() Minnesota Twins right-hander Sonny Gray was the AL runner-up with 20 second-place votes, and Kevin Gausman of the Toronto Blue Jays finished third.Ĭole and Snell shined for disappointing teams. He came in second in Cy Young voting in 2019 and ’21, and finished among the top five on three other occasions. That’s just - you’re young and that’s how you think.”ĭrafted first overall by Pittsburgh in 2011 out of UCLA, Cole started the All-Star Game this year after earning his sixth selection to the Midsummer Classic. I thought winning the Cy Young was just what I was going to do every year. “I’m trying to enjoy this more than the first one I won. I’m not really good at understanding how to accept awards and not look forward,” Snell said. Snell, the AL Cy Young Award recipient in 2018 with Tampa Bay, joined Gaylord Perry, Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, Clemens, Roy Halladay and Max Scherzer as pitchers to win in both leagues. San Francisco Giants right-hander Logan Webb finished second and Zac Gallen of the NL champion Arizona Diamondbacks was third. The free-agent lefty was picked first on 28 of 30 ballots. Snell was the NL winner after going 14-9 and leading the majors with a 2.25 ERA for the San Diego Padres. “I’m contributing to the overall brand of what we do.” ![]() “It makes me tremendously proud that I feel that I’m holding up my end of the bargain in terms of those great players and those great legacies,” said the 33-year-old Cole, who signed a $324 million contract with New York in December 2019. Cole and Ron Guidry (1978) were the only unanimous choices. He became the sixth Yankees pitcher to win a Cy Young and first since Roger Clemens in 2001. He finished with a flourish, too, throwing a two-hit shutout at Toronto in his final outing. He went 15-4 with 222 strikeouts while leading the AL in ERA (2.63) and innings (209). I mean, there was just a lot of momentum going into this.”Ĭole allowed no more than two runs in 26 of his 33 starts - best in the majors. “But it’s hard to say it wasn’t a little different. I’m very proud of some of the other seasons where I’ve made a pretty strong run at this award as well,” Cole said on a conference call. ![]() The ace right-hander received all 30 first-place votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Runner-up twice before, Cole easily finished on top this time following an outstanding season for the New York Yankees. NEW YORK (AP) - After several close calls, Gerrit Cole finally won his first American League Cy Young Award on the strength of consistent excellence all season.īlake Snell joined a short list of pitching royalty by turning around a terrible start.Ĭole was a unanimous AL winner Wednesday and Snell took home Cy Young honors in the National League - becoming the seventh hurler to claim the prize in both circuits. ![]()
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