Detroit Tigers Cy Young Winner Tarik Skubal
Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal received all 30 first-place votes to become the unanimous winner of the 2024 American League Cy Young Award last night, and as a bonus it was his 37th birthday!
Skubal is the fifth Tiger to win the award, joining Max Scherzer (2013), Justin Verlander (2011), Willie Hernández (1984) and Denny McLain (1968 and ’69). The dominant southpaw capped his pitching Triple Crown season on Wednesday by winning the AL Cy Young Award in a unanimous vote from members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America
His 18 wins were the most by a Tiger since Scherzer had as many in 2014. His 2.39 ERA was the lowest by a qualified Detroit starter since Mark Fidrych’s incredible rookie season of 1976. His 5.9 fWAR trailed only Verlander’s 2009 and ’10 seasons as the most by a Tigers pitcher in his age-27 season or younger since 1971. His 6.3 bWAR not only led MLB pitchers, it ranked seventh among all AL players. Skubal became the 22nd player in Major League history to win a pitching Triple Crown. (and first since Verlander in 2011!)
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Hadn’t been so excited about Tigers pitcher since The Bird. Lucky enough to have seen him pitch last season–he is unbelievable!
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Important correction – it was his 28th birthday yesterday, not 37th! He was born in 1996. Great tribute though – I got to see him in the last regular season home game – 7 innings of shutout ball!
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What a day he had and his wife bought him a brand-new vehicle and put it in the driveway – top that!
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