{"id":511349,"date":"2022-11-17T10:31:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T07:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/justin-verlander-sandy-alcantara-cy-young-award-winners\/"},"modified":"2022-11-17T10:31:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T07:31:22","slug":"justin-verlander-sandy-alcantara-cy-young-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/justin-verlander-sandy-alcantara-cy-young-award-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"#Justin Verlander, Sandy Alcantara Cy Young Award winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35ff2941c50\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35ff2941c50\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/justin-verlander-sandy-alcantara-cy-young-award-winners\/#%E2%80%9CJustin_Verlander_Sandy_Alcantara_Cy_Young_Award_winners%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Justin Verlander, Sandy Alcantara Cy Young Award winners&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CJustin_Verlander_Sandy_Alcantara_Cy_Young_Award_winners%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Justin Verlander, Sandy Alcantara Cy Young Award winners&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>HOUSTON \u2014 It didn\u2019t take Justin Verlander long to realize he could have a special year after missing almost two full seasons recovering from Tommy John surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Heading into his fifth start, Verlander knew he was back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn that moment, I felt normal and like myself, pain-free, able to recover like I always have,\u201d he said. \u201cI think my mindset just completely shifted to like, \u2018OK, I am the pitcher I\u2019ve always been.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the Houston ace c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed his stellar season by winning the American League Cy Young Award, joining Miami\u2019s Sandy Alcantara in the National League as unanimous selections.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the second time the winners in both leagues were unanimous since the award began in 1956 and the first since Detroit\u2019s Denny McLain in the AL and St. Louis\u2019 Bob Gibson in the NL swept the voting in 1968.<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old Verlander, who also won the award in 2019 after winning both MVP and the Cy Young in 2011, becomes the 11th player to win it three times. He also won unanimously in 2011.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/newspress-collage-24686227-1668669731045.jpg?1668651934&amp;w=1024&amp;1668651934\" alt=\"Justin Verlander and Sandy Alcantara\" class=\"wp-image-24686276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/newspress-collage-24686227-1668669731045.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;1668651934&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/newspress-collage-24686227-1668669731045.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;1668651934 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/newspress-collage-24686227-1668669731045.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;1668651934&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Justin Verlander and Sandy Alcantara<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images; USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He said this one has a different meaning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt shows that I\u2019m at a different point in my life,\u201d Verlander said. \u201cI will always remember this Cy Young as looking back at the growth of me as a father and as a person, and just also the the rehab and all the hard work that went into the rehab and how I was just so committed to it was going to go well and I was going to come back and be me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Verlander led the majors with a 1.75 ERA, the lowest of his 17-year career. He becomes the fourth AL pitcher with two unanimous Cy Young Awards, joining Roger Clemens (1986, 1998), Pedro Martinez (1999, 2000) and Johan Santana (2004, 2006).<\/p>\n<p>Verlander led the Astros to the best record in the AL, and while the postseason doesn\u2019t count for the award, he got his first career World <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Series<\/a> win in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a> 5 as Houston beat Philadelphia in six games.<\/p>\n<p>Verlander, who will receive a $200,000 bonus, is a free agent and said he has communicated with Astros owner Jim Crane about a possible return, but noted that Houston is far from his only potential suitor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, there\u2019s a lot of people that are interested and Jim understands that based on our conversation,\u201d he said. \u201cHe completely understands that. \u2026 So we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Justin-Verlander-5.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Justin Verlander\" class=\"wp-image-24686252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Justin-Verlander-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Justin-Verlander-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Justin-Verlander-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Justin-Verlander-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Justin Verlander<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alcantara had a 2.28 ERA while pitching a major league-best 228 2\/3 innings and six compete games. It\u2019s the first Cy Young Award for the 27-year-old from the Dominican Republic, who becomes the first Marlins player to receive the honor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt makes me feel so special because I came here to the Marlins with my positive mentality \u2014 just tried to win,\u201d he said. \u201cTried to compete, tried to get better. This year I put everything in the same spot, working hard. I\u2019ve had great success. And now to win the National League Cy Young, I feel so happy and blessed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alcantara received all 30 first-place votes, the 15th time the NL has had a unanimous winner. Atlanta\u2019s Max Fried was second with 72 points, including 10 second-place votes, and Los Angeles Dodgers lefty Julio Ur\u00edas was third 66 points and seven second-place votes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Sandy-Alcantara.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Sandy Alcantara \" class=\"wp-image-24686254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Sandy-Alcantara.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Sandy-Alcantara.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Sandy-Alcantara.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Sandy-Alcantara.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sandy Alcantara <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Behind Verlander, who was the 11th AL pitcher to win unanimously, were Dylan Cease of the Chicago White Sox with 97 points and 14 second-place votes and Toronto\u2019s Alek Manoah with 87 points and seven second-place votes. The three pitchers were named on every ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Verlander\u2019s 18 wins led the AL, and he had 185 strikeouts to give him 3,198 in his career, the most among active players.<\/p>\n<p>Alcantara\u2019s six complete games were the most in the majors since Chris Sale had six in 2016. The two-time All-Star went 14-9 and threw seven or more innings in 13 straight starts from May 11-July 15, which was the longest such streak since 2014. <\/p>\n<p>Alcantara\u2019s innings pitched and wins were both career highs and his ERA was his best in six seasons and ranked second in the NL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hard work, the positivity, every day, fighting for my team, competing against any team. That makes it special,\u201d he said. \u201cMy mentality all the time is to be aggressive. Try to get better every day. And I\u2019ll keep doing the same. And let\u2019s see if I can win the Cy Young next year, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He joins Martinez (1997) as the only player born in the Dominican Republic to win the NL award. Martinez also won twice in the AL (1999, 2000) and the other Dominican winner in the AL was Bartolo Colon in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Ur\u00edas was 17-7 and led the NL with a 2.16 ERA to help the Dodgers lead the majors with 111 wins in the regular season. The left-hander had 166 strikeouts after a 2021 season in which he led the majors with 20 wins.<\/p>\n<p>Fried was 14-7 with a 2.48 ERA and 170 strikeouts. He was a first-time All-Star and helped lead the Braves to their fifth straight NL East crown.<\/p>\n<p>Cease was 14-8 and ranked second to Verlander in the AL with a 2.20 ERA. He had a career-high 227 strikeouts and went 14 consecutive starts this summer without allowing more than one earned run.<\/p>\n<p>Manoah went 16-7 with a 2.24 ERA in his second season. 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