Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal won his second consecutive American League Cy Young Award, and Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Paul Skenes was the unanimous choice for his first National League Cy Young on Wednesday.
Skubal is the 12th pitcher — and fifth in the American League — to win in back- to-back years. The last pitcher to accomplish that was the New York Mets' Jacob deGrom in 2018 and 2019, while the most recent AL hurler was the Boston Red Sox's Pedro Martinez in 1999 and 2000.
A two-time All-Star, Skubal went 13-6 with an AL-leading 2.21 ERA and 6.5 WAR for pitchers. He led the majors with a 0.891 WHIP, 1.5 walks per nine innings and 7.30 ratio of strikeouts to walks. He totaled 241 strikeouts to 33 walks while pitching 195⅓ over 31 starts.
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