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The shortened pandemic timeline dramatically altered starting pitchers’ readiness plans, but it didn’t stop several elite weapons from putting together Cy Young-worthy seasons. The winners of the Cy Young Award, voted on by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, are announced live on MLB Network. Will Jacob deGrom win the
The shortened pandemic timeline dramatically altered starting pitchers’ readiness plans, but it didn’t stop several elite arms from putting together Cy Young-worthy seasons. The winners of the Cy Young Award, voted on by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, are announced live on MLB Network.
Will Jacob deGrom win the award for the third year in a row? Follow below.
• Each Cy Young Award winner
AMERICAN LEAGUE CY YOUNG AWARD WINNER
Shane Bieber, RHP Indians
Bieber, 25, was unanimous in winning his first Cy Young honor, edging out Kenta Maeda and Hyun Jin Ryu in AL. Bieber’s 41.1% strikeout rate was the highest ever recorded by a qualified starting pitcher. His 1.63 ERA was the lowest by an AL qualifying starter since MLB lowered the mound in 1969, and his opponents’ average of 0.167 tied Pedro Martinez in 2000 for the lowest since 69.
OK, so the rate statistics are inevitably skewed by the shortened season. But Bieber’s status as the fastest pitcher to hit 100 strikeouts in a season (it took him 62 1/3 innings) is a feat that historically holds up, regardless of the odd circumstances. The young man who handled all your Justin Bieber jokes well (and even a Topps card that mistook him for the famous pop singer) has made a name for himself. Winning eight games with the 1.63 ERA and 122 strikeouts, Bieber became the first MLB Triple Crown winner (as in all of MLB, not just AL) since Johan Santana in 2006. He also led. all starters qualified in FanGraphs WAR (3.2), Fielding Independent Pitching (2.07) and Outs by Nine (14.2).
AL VOTING TOTALS
Shane Bieber (CLE): 30 (1st place votes) – 210 points
Kenta maeda (MIN): 0 (1st) – 92 points
Hyun jin ryu (TOR): 0 (1st) – 51 points
Gerrit Cole (NYY): 0 (1st) – 50 points
Dallas keuchel (CWS): 0 (1st) – 46 points
Lance Lynn (TEX): 0 (1st) – 22 points
Lucas Giolito (CWS): 0 (1st) – 18 points
Chris Bassitt (OAK): 0 (1st) – 10 points
Dylan bundy (LAA): 0 (1st) – 5 points
Liam Hendriks (OAK): 0 (1st) – 5 points
Framber Valdez (HOU): 0 (1st) – 1 point
Anthony Castrovince has been a reporter for MLB.com since 2004. Read his columns and follow him on Twitter at @Castrovince.
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