The majors’ most prestigious award recognizing pitching dominance, the Cy Young Award, is given to the top hurlers in the National League and American League. Tune in to MLB Network now as the 2023 Cy Young Awards winners are announced.
In the AL, longtime Yankees star Gerrit Cole finished in the top five for the award five times — but didn’t win — and could get his first win this year amid a field of finalists that includes the Twins “Sonny Gray and the Blue Jays” by Kevin Gausman.
Follow the announcement of this year’s winners here.
National League Cy Young Award winner
Snell received the honor with the Padres of the National League, five years after winning one with the Rays of the American League, becoming only the seventh pitcher to win in both leagues (joining Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Gaylord). Perry, Roy Halladay and Max Scherzer). .
With an MLB-leading 2.25 ERA – including a 1.20 mark in his last 23 starts (only Bob Gibson in 1968 had a lower ERA in as many starts) – Snell was dominant. Although he led the majors with 99 walks, he also led opponents in batting average (.181), hits per nine innings (5.8) and ERA+ (182) in his 180 innings. His 234 strikeouts were second in the NL. In short, the extra traffic he created for himself didn’t result in extra runs.
Snell is the fifth Padres pitcher to be so honored with the Cy. The last one was Jake Peavy in 2007.