Braves left-hander Chris Sale has been named the National League Cy Young Award winner for 2024, per an announcement from the Baseball Writers Association of America. Zack Wheeler of the Phillies finished in second place with Paul Skenes of the Pirates in third place.
The award is the final cherry on top of a remarkable comeback season for Sale. He had a run from 2010 to 2018 of being one of the best pitchers in the majors, but struggled in 2019 and then was in the injury wilderness for quite a while. Due to various ailments, including Tommy John surgery, he only pitched about 150 innings total from 2020 to 2023.
The Red Sox flipped him to Atlanta almost a year ago, in December of 2023. The move was seen as risky at the time, as Sale was going into his age-35 season and was several years removed from his prime.
On top of that, Atlanta sent Vaughn Grissom to Boston in the deal, a notable prospect who still had years and years of cheap control. In return, they were getting just one year of Sale, though they did sign him to an extension that covered 2024 and 2025 with a club option for 2026. That extended their window of control over him, but at a fairly hefty price point: $38MM for the two guaranteed years plus $18MM for the option.
But so far, the deal has been incredibly lopsided in favor of Atlanta. Grissom was injured for much of 2024 and didn’t perform well while healthy. For Atlanta, most of their key contributors got hurt this year while Sale ironically stayed healthy, in spite of his recent track record.
Sale finished the season having made 29 starts and thrown 177 2/3 innings, allowing 2.38 earned runs per nine. He struck out 32.1% of batters faced, only gave out walks 5.6% of the time and got grounders on 44.8% of balls in play. He won the pitching triple crown by leading the National League in ERA, wins and strikeouts. His tally of 6.4 wins above replacement from FanGraphs was easily the most in the majors this year, with Tarik Skubal of the Tigers second at 5.9 fWAR.
Despite his previous dominance, this is actually Sale’s first time taking home the hardware. Per MLB’s Sarah Langs on X, Sale is the first pitcher to finish top five in Cy Young voting in five straight years, fall outside the top five for five straight years immediately after, followed by a return to the top five. He is also (X links from Langs) the first pitcher to have six previous top five finishes and later win the award, in addition to being one of the five oldest pitchers to win for the first time.
Sale got 26 of the first place votes (full vote tallies from the BBWAA), with the other four going to Wheeler, who logged exactly 200 innings over 32 starts with a 2.57 ERA. Skenes already won Rookie of the Year award earlier this week but this further cements what an amazing season he had. Other pitchers getting votes were Dylan Cease, Shota Imanaga, Logan Webb, Michael King, Hunter Greene, Ryan Helsley, Cristopher Sánchez, Reynaldo López, Sean Manaea and Aaron Nola.
Deserved
The – Agreed! I am very happy for Chris.
It’s a trade that can never be defended and a stain that will never be erased, the Red Sox trading of Chris Sale.
The Red Sox probably make the post season with Sale in 2024.
Sale was never healthy for us and I honestly don’t think we do
If they kept Sale and Giolito stayed healthy they are definitely in the playoffs in my opinion. I don’t think Detroit gets in. Sale would of ate innings and prevented the bullpen from blowing up.
That’s got to be nail number one, in the Breslow coffin!
North – I expect Breslow to leave in 3 years, and be replaced by Cora.
It could have been a nail in Bloom’s coffin that he didn’t trade Sale to the Rangers when he had a chance.
Kingbum: “would of ate” should be “would have eaten.” It’s never too late to learn.
I have to admit, at the getgo, the trade didn’t seem so bad because Sale barely pitched for us for three years. I was okay with it (and a big Sale fan myself). I defended why it was made, but the outcome has been bad so far. Still don’t blame Breslow as we weren’t signing Sale again and at least got a player back that can mature. It might not work out but it was a gamble
The – Sox had a very friendly team option for next year. Think about how much more it will cost the Sox *trying* to replace him over these two years. They already spent $56M.
Fever you’ve got to be kidding. Your hindsight is blinding your reason and memory.
I know I was one who couldn’t get him out of town fast enough and I think most agreed including Red Sox brass who paid half his salary this year.
You cannot with a straight face say they shouldn’t have made the deal, especially since I know you saw the last 3 years of his 5-year contract with the Red Sox.
And you’re wrong about Mookie too. In fact I can’t wait to see the next guy the Red Sox should and need trade away that you’ll use the exact same phrase and switch names. My goodness you’re totally off base with your post here.
Gary – I respect your opinion but you are way in the minority here. Can you at least admit his performance the last 5 years was hampered only by health?
EVERYONE ELSE knew if he could stay healthy, he would dominate again. Just like Verlander and so many other pitchers have done.
Yes and that’s the entire bottom line. He couldn’t stay healthy. I thought that was THE issue? He wasn’t done, there wern’t that many miles on his arm !!
But with his frail body, age, Herky jerky delivery, and probably with his high strung personality, he couldn’t stay on the field. No one wanted to see another year of THAT. Get something for him now.., maybe a hot hitting minor league second base prospect?
Gary: Exactly. Sale could not stay healthy in Boston. Over the 4 years before the trade (2020-2023), Sale pitched a total of 151 innings. I was happy to get rid of Sale and get something for him. Sale’s preseason odds to win Cy Young were as long as +6600 back in March before oddsmakers and bettors knew if he’d be back to full strength after all the injuries.
nypost.com/2024/09/11/betting/chris-sale-is-runnin…
Typical FPG. Wants to ignore the fact that health is actually extremely important and as Gary said the bottom line with Sale. throwing 150 or so innings over a 5 year span is huge problem. The ability to available is extremely important and Sale was not that.
And not for nothing but Verlander is way more durable than Sale every was.
Gary – Please don’t ever invest in stocks. You will surely assume stocks that have gone down will never go up again, and vice versa. You’d lose your shirt. Lol
456 innings over a five year span, including the COVID year. Exaggerate a bit?
Not exaggerating. The 4 years before the Red Sox traded Sale, he pitched:
2020: 0 innings
2021: 42.2 innings
2022: 5.2 innings
2023: 102.2 innings
That adds up to 151 innings pitched.
Smart teams don’t care about 2020 2021 2022 2023. Braves only cared about what they projected him to do in 2024. They seen the medicals. One hear he needed tj. Then he missed because of surgery. Then came back from surgery. Braves don’t care about any of that. What’s his health in the day we are trading for him. What is he going to do for us.
FPG: that’s not what he’s saying but then again you’ll never admit someone else right and your wrong
sorry 4 years and that’s still problematic.
Fever I kept my Lilly and sold my SMCI. I think I should be fine.
Sale was not healthy or happy in Boston the last few years. Going home to play for a team that actually wants to win rejuvenated Sale’s career. I’m happy for him but there is nothing saying he would’ve pitched to the same results if he stayed
Rsox – Home? He was born and raised in Florida, college too.
The Sox bought high and sold low, awful decision. And they knew he was finally healthy a year ago.
Atlanta is the closest to Florida Sale will ever get because neither the Marlins or the Rays would ever pay that salary
So what awards did the Red Sox get with Vaughn Grissom? Oh… wait…
Awards? When did Grissom play? He was on the Shelf. And “oh wait” for what. You to realize the man never got on the field ? LOL
Sarcasm is great most of the time but when they’re laughing in front of you, but sticking a knife in your side with one hand and grabbing your balls with the other, it’s not so much fun.
That’s very descriptive.
I don’t think Gary likes me
I give you a thumb up like on your posts all the time. I think there’s one down below here.
I’m just sensitive to the Sale trade Bashers today.
Sad – “And the award for worst trade of the year goes to …”
* I do believe Grissom MIGHT make the trade less lopsided in the future. But as of right now, it’s horrific.
Sale 6.2 WAR
Wheeler 6.1 WAR
Wheeler pitched more innings, keeping it very close
Sale deserves it, by a hair over Wheeler
By more than a hair.
Totally agree MLB top 10.
Appears the voters saw it as much more lopsided than the WAR stat would suggest. Probably more to do with the fact Sale made a huge bounce back, while this was pretty much expected of Wheeler, than any glaring difference in their performance.
Earned*
I’m a big believer in no one is deserving of anything. It should be earned and Chris Sale without a doubt earned this Cy Young award.
I just think about how many wins Sale would have if not for on some bad White Sox clubs early in his career…
Wheeler gets robbed yet again.
No, he didn’t. Sale had, objectively, a better season.
Wheeler should’ve gotten 2021 but that’s it
Sale couldn’t even finish the season healthy. Objectively.
How did he still win the pitching triple crown then?
Sud get your facts straight. Sale finished the season on ir. The 36 year old is a injury prone veteran. Sorry to burst your braves bubble. Wheels deserves his extension, sale not so much.
He missed the last 3 weeks. Braves made the playoffs and Sale won the triple crown. You are obviously a Phillies fan, as your angry crying gives you away.
Also, I will give you this: Wheeler deserved every bit of the extension he got and then some. There isn’t a better big game pitcher in my mind, in the National League.
See, being a fan of one team should not make you act like a petulant child.
@Johnny Devil: Get your own “facts straight.” Sale didn’t “finish the season on ir.” The Braves held him out the last week of the season due to back spasms. He was good to go if the Braves had made it past the first round of the playoffs. Not only was he NOT on “the ir,” he wasn’t even on the IL.
Wrong
You can’t be serious
Woods: I guess it depends on what criteria you use. One of the biggest for me was the triple crown. I thought it would be Sale, Skenes and Wheeler.
The criteria he used was “I’m a Phillies fan. He got robbed”.
Sale won the pitching triple crown, Wheeler didn’t
Sale was more deserving
Where was sale during crunch time? Hurt ….
Poor Johnny. Sale was fine until the last series of the season. Braves still made the playoffs, yet again.
No sid you are incorrect.
About?
I see, he missed the last three weeks of the season and they made the playoffs. Cry harder.
Woods – Get in line behind the Pirates fans.
Losing to the NL Triple Crown-winner while only really besting him in IP, WHIP is not a robbery. If it is, it’s a white-collar crime that gets 2 months in a Key West detention center with conjugal visits.
Not a robbery at all, but wheeler also had 8 more QS than sale, which helps save the BP. Sale deserved it, but they werent as far apart as some are making it out to be.
You’re right, and that’s impressive, but it wasn’t unanimous, unlike Skubal’s win. Sale lacked 4 1st-place votes, which is telling. QS is impressive, but he also had 1 run better FiP than Wheeler in 22.1 less IP.
Few sillier stats in sports than a quality start.
Not really, it has value… the more a sp has, the more he’s going deeper into games and keeping runs down, and most importantly, keeping the BP from wearing down more over the season.
@run. True but i dont think FIP is as meaningful on its own. Its not like FIP analyzes every defensive play to see where someone benefitted or not. And xFIP was closer than that.
But didnt matter, sale also had better k/bb, xFIP as mentioned. Just a better year. Wheeler only had him on whip and inn/qs. K were basically even. I just think it was closer than many were saying.
Ok a little off track but QS is the most BS stat alive. 6 innings 3 runs qualifies. When did a 4.50 ERA become “quality”?? That’s middling.
It’s so subjective though. If it was valuable QSs would lead to wins and vice versa. Not saying having a guy pitch deep while being effective isn’t helpful, because it sure is.
Totally true.
Yeah ill def nitpick the 3r 6ip with you, dont like that… but it seems in this era the QS becoming even rarer giving it more value just bc of quality depth into games.
Ive always looked at 6+ip and 2er or less… to me thats way more telling
I could handle 6/2 or 7/3 even but anything over 4 ERA doesn’t deserve a positive stat
I think thats what they should change it to actually
The GOAT wins his first!!
Are you the goat if you win your first at age 36
He’s still my GOAT!!!! Better than any Seattle pitcher too!!
Fenway – Sorry I love Sale but Big Unit was better.
Nobody wanted Sale 18 months ago lol. I knew he was still Chris Sale.
Champ – You must have missed it, the Rangers wanted Sale two years ago.
I wanted him for sure. It all worked out
Come on literally no one expected him to make 30 starts after getting injured in 5-6 consecutive seasons
Sad – Past performance doesn’t guarantee future results.
5 straight roulette spins landing on red doesn’t guarantee it will always land on red.
And being injured for 5 years doesn’t guarantee he would never be healthy again.
Let’s see if he’s Chris sale next year.
Johnny – I’d bet 30 starts and a sub-3 ERA.
Ill take that bet, specifically the under on number of starts
@johnny devil. I’m sure wheeler appreciates you carrying his nuts in your mouth by defending his CY loss to mlbtr commenters.
Don’t neglect the his brown eye. Maybe tickle it a bit?
Crazy 8 on the prostate
Sure you did
an incredible comeback story for sale, 1 that few if anyone saw coming. when all is said and done i think he will find himself comfortably in the hall of very good
Nah….HOF is likely-the old measures are being watered down and he stacks up well with his contemporaries.
sale will be 36 years old on opening day, only 138 career wins, and 1,950 IP. He’s been great, still needs a few more seasons like 2024 to be considered a HOFer.
But yea the measures are watered down these days. it doesnt take much anymore. there’s fewer and fewer truly special players good enough for the hall, and alot of borderline guys get in simply bec its alot more fun to induct someone than no one.
btw, if sale gets in, then degrom should be a slam dunk choice.
Degrom is like johan Santana in terms of peak and career but at least sale dominated a decade when Jacob only dominated half of one
Sale gets into HOF because of watered down standards these days but degrom would need to have a comeback like sale in order to get in
So they weren’t watered down when Herb Pennock went into the HoF in ’48? Lombardi in ’86? Rizzuto in ’94?
It’s not a “these days” problem.
@cam
rizzuto & lombardi were inducted by veteran committee, not fair to compare them to chris sale who is being suggested as a HOFer voted in by writers.
herb pennock in 1948? you are really going back far lol. at that point the HOF was very young. a decade old. wasnt much reason to say he wasnt a HOFer – 241 wins as a SP and 5 WS championship rings
@sad
Thats not true, degrom same peak as sale. From 2014-21, degrom over sale 1261.2 to 1171.2 ip, 2.50 to 3.06 era, 2.64 to 2.81 FIP, 1.01 to 1.02 whip, sale up 2.86 to 2.90 xFIP, 6.07 to 5.10 k/bb. Theyre very close during those peak years w degrom a slight edge. Degrom 2 CY and 6 top 10 CY finishes. Sale 1 now and 7 top 10. IMO they both are easy HOFers. Degrom actually has the lowest whip in history, and highest QS percentage in history.
@cam. I know for a fact I am better at baseball than Herb Pennock. Baseball pre-1960 was just a bunch of regular people. Babe Ruth was just Dan Vogelbach born at the right time with the benefit of being surrounded by a league almost entirely made up of scrubs
Ma – You realize 2014-2021 deGrom had the advantage of not facing DH’s except for an interleague game here and there, right?
He needs 4 seasons of a 5+ WAR to cement the Hall. He actually has a better chance than most 36 year olds to pitch past 40 because he had like 5 years of pitching very little due to injury. His best 7 year peak is just 41 WAR and 49.9 is hall average so he needs to get to at least 73 WAR which is Hall average for starters. Right now he’s at 53….He needs a repeat of this year next year minimum. That would get him to 59 with a Cy Young and World title you can see it.
Sale is so far away from the Hof he needs to pitch until he’s 56 .
nothing against guys like sale or degrom, i hope they continue to have healthy careers and make the HOF. but if they are worthy then why not players like curt schilling, kenny lofton, omar vizquel, billy wagner, andruw jones? these guys should have been voted in long ago, especially if we consider that the standards have lowered in recent yrs
@john to me the difference is when healthy, degrom and sale are top 3 in their entire era. So if the longevity isnt there, the peak has to be dominant. I don’t personally think it needs to be a 7 year peak, but that seems to be a norm now.
If johan Santana or Orel herschiser or David cone was in the hall of fame, degrom deserves to be in it
Yet he doesn’t even have 2k innings, no playoff stuff except when he was young in 2015, NL was easier with no DH, a lot of reasons
If Jacob goes into 2025 and wins a 3rd cy then put him in like sandy koufax but right now it’s uncertain
When those older players were on the ballot voters looked at numbers differently. And schilling isn’t a baseball only vote for some voters. Depends on competition for each year.
I only care about my own hall of fame and not that much but that’s why they aren’t in that hall of fame.
John – Schilling is because of his controversial personality. He was disliked as a player and is hated by many now.
@fever
Thats a horrible reason to exclude someone from HOF. you’re not voting for president of the united states. Curt was a great SP – reg season & playoffs. A shame he isnt in
Curt deserved to be in the HOF but in baseball unlike the NFL and NBA you can’t be an ass and expect to get in (why isn’t Pete rose or Albert belle in?)
Curt lost the fame part in hall of fame, he has no respect anymore
Obviously you won’t be at your best needing tj and recovery from tj. Other injuries. Guy has always had a fip under 4. When healthy he’s good. No reason to think he would never be healthy again. Wouldn’t want to look him up to his 40s but his injury luck flip was long over due
How are they feeling up in Bean Town?
Fermier – We’ve expected it for a long time. We are used to watching our stars go elsewhere.
I am actually okay with this. It was a gamble that so far turned out bad for us. But who would have thought Chris Sale would be back to dominance after 3 mediocre years? It looks like a horrible trade but only because of the outcome. I see why Breslow did it. Sale wasn’t coming back either way and tons of fans just two years ago said the Sale extension was the biggest joke. Well, now they have flip flopped
The – This line made me smile:
“It looks like a horrible trade but only because of the outcome.”
What else matters other than outcome???
You might as well have written “Sale looked good only because he won the Triple Crown”.
Tell that to the hundreds of fans who were disgraced at the Sale extension because the outcome was he was injured.
Sometimes you take a gamble. We lost so far (of course Grissom isn’t done yet so we can’t really say it’s a wash yet), but I see why it was done.
Was signing Sale to an extension bad because of the outcome? I liked that deal as well, but it didn’t work out. Outcomes matter the most but you have to interpret time and place.
But honestly, Fever, I’m not going to argue. Wouldn’t want you to ban me again and you always have your mind set, so it’s not worth my fight. This is how I feel, you can call me stupid for it if you want. I miss Sale but I’m not upset at the outcome.
It was a losing bet from day one. Only ? was the margin.
I think to a man we are happy for him.
He gave us his all there’s no denying that. He laid it all out there. Gave 110%.
I don’t think there’s any Red Sox fan that would say they’re pissed off about this. As far as the trade is concerned, you win some and you lose some.
And technically, we haven’t lost YET. If Grissom proves to be a failure for years to come, it’s a loss, but so many are writing him off just like they wrote Sale off before this year.
Of course we all know it’s a pipe dream, but there is still time for him to mature.
Happy for him. Dude’s a competitor and I wish him nothing but the best. Guy was just unlucky in Boston with injuries, and if he was still in Boston I 100% believe he would have been injured and missed a good chunk of the season.
Hunter Greene better have finished 4th…he had the highest WAR out of anyone. Otherwise this is outright Racism….
there was only three finalists, Greene wasn’t one of them
SMH
Greene had 3.8 fWAR. Sale had 6.4.
He was actually tied for 8th in fWAR (adjusted for 130 innings) in the NL and 15th overall.
Great pitcher, great season, but many others had better seasons..
fWAR is garbage..
The BBWAA and virtually everyone outside the world of MLBTR commenting uses fWAR.
But sure, garbage, because you say so. Never mind strike outs, earned runs, etc.
Your comment about racism is garbage.
Troll.
Greene somehow earned only 9 wins in 26 games started with a 2.75 ERA over 150 innings. The Reds’ offense was truly dismal in 2024.
150 innings gets you a rotation spot.
Uhh did he have the highest WAR?
wrong…try again
Thanks for showing how bad the War stat can be. No way should he have a better WAR than Sale or Wheeler. Maybe racism was used to jack up his WAR stat.
I can’t find a single other area where Greene was better than Sale – nothing. I am now extremely skeptical of WAR for pitchers
Got to bring race into it huh?.
Yea it’s Sale…. stathead.com/tiny/1i426
Three very worthy candidates and the best one won.
Skenes probably wins the next ten or so…
I bet so. He’s incredible. He has kind of already won a major trophy though……his girlfriend. lol. He will dominate the league for years, I hope the Buccos build around him.
It really is rather inappropriate and troll-like to talk about women like they are chattel or trophies. If you need to comment on that at all you can complement him for finding an intelligent partner who has developed keen social media marketing skills.
You are t even a top 100,000,000 commentator. Virtue-signaling loser.
MLB – Once you realize you wrote complement instead of compliment, even you will chuckle at the difference in meaning :o)
Point to FPG
AA made a great Sale in that trade.
Citizen – Y’all will like this Chris Sale commercial.
youtu.be/y2Qs9eQWDeM?feature=shared
Sale won the gold glove too – heck of a year. I need to check with my friends who are Red Sox fans because I cannot remember the player that Boston acquired in that trade. No worries, because it’s not like Boston needed starting pitching or anything…
Thus begins the first of four awards that we know absolutely is going to win: Sale, Skubal, Judge and Ohtani. All had exceptional seasons.
We all knew Skenes was getting NL ROY too
He didn’t really deserve it though. Merrill Played the full season in Center field. Skenes played 2/3 of a season, while only pitching every 5th day. I think he had 23 starts total if I’m not mistaking. Merrill played a much more taxing position, while still putting up huge numbers. Skenes got it just for some publicity for MLB.
Yes he had 23 starts a 1.96 ERA and 8 no decisions. A run here and there he’s at 15 wins and this conversation isn’t happening.
Merrill put up ROY numbers no doubt he just did it in the season of Skenes.
Hey….this is impressive…his career was left to fade away in a Roaring Dumpster Fire and here he is today a Cy Young Award Winner
Lefty – Triple Crown Cy Young winner ;O)
Hat tip again to the Braves’ brass, what an incredible deal they got.
Chaim Bloom, everybody! Hope AA is hitting him up in STL as his road destruction tour continues through the midwest.
What does Chaim Bloom have to do with a trade that that happened 3 months after he was fired?
Woopise daisy. Wrong guy, then. lol
Yes, this was among Breslow’s first acts when he replaced Bloom. Not a good start.
Guys are notorious for cleaning house when they come into a new job, sometimes at the club’s detriment and I think there are other (wise) GMs that anticipate that vulnerability with new GMs on-the-job trying to prove themselves.
Braves are one of the best but get zero credit for this one. A week platoon 2b only ( when they have a all star 2b already ) for a guy with cy young stuff and the other team is paying for him! It’s a no brainer.
Dumb take. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say 28 other teams had a “weak platoon” one position only young player they could’ve given up for Sale. Only one of those 28 teams did it. Gotta give credit where credit is due. AA has made a few moves I haven’t been a fan of but this was one of his best.
No doubt you found it to be a dumb take. I’m not surprised. Would love to see you name these 28 players. Teams just have all kinds of former top 100 prospects with mlb success and tons of service time remaining. Should be easy for you. Even though Boston didn’t want just any position. They had a need at 2b and there was nothing left to do in the minors for this kid. He was as they say mlb ready.
I would really hope Boston had a much more favorable opinion of him as well. Many thought he could be a good regular or even all star. Some even thought he could stick at ss. They almost certainly didn’t see him as a weak platoon.
Look what can happen when you get players out of Boston. Same thing happened with Ruth…
York – RIP Dr Ruth.
Amazing what a player can do in his contract year.
I’m 90% sure he’s still under contact next year with the Braves, still an incredible feat nonetheless.
Wasn’t a contract year. The Braves extended him as soon as they traded for him. Good effort though.
Boston also paid something like $19M to the Braves, so they essentially got 2024 Sale for free.
Sale pulled a Tiant.
IIRC, a few of Sale’s injuries weren’t necessarily baseball related? Didn’t he crash and burn on a bicycle one year and wreck his wrist? I thought there was another none baseball injury in there somewhere also? I could be misremembering.
As a Red Sox fan all I can say is FU Chris Sale!
Nah, jokes aside, it’s great to see him have a great year and finally get a Cy. Needless to say, when’s he’s healthy he is still insanely good.
Casual – It’s actually FGCU Sale ;O)
I’m curious how many people properly predicted this before the season started lol
Congrats Sale!
None. Nobody anywhere.
Not even the winner predicted the win
Not many. If anyone did they would be on x or mlb network taking their well deserved credit. I betted on him to win it but another 8 or 10 other guys as well. Very pleased but not as much as I would be if I was certain he would win and put everything on him.
Sale and Alex Anthopolous.
Good for him from a Red Sox fan. He deserves this. I hope Grissom turns into something eventually but even if he doesn’t, I’ll be a Sale fan.
It’s really interesting to see all the detractors come on here and assert “Sale didn’t deserve it”, “Sale was injured for the last 5/6 years”,
“Wheeler should have won it because I am a Phillies fan”. Phillies fanbase are one of the worst fanbases in MLB.
The reason Sale won this award was because he put in a magnificent pre season & preparation to be ‘ready’, and the other fact is that the Braves actually looked after his arm in the first half by using a 6 man rotation-this was no doubt a big factor in Sale not being ‘worn down’, and also it took into consideration Sale’s age and past history.
A magnificent effort by Sale, and a magnificent management job by the Atlanta Braves coaching staff, having the ability to ‘read the room’ and look after a champion pitcher in the most professional manner.
Sale certainly deserved the Cy Young this year. The injury comments are mostly about whether or not the Red Sox should have known Sale would bounce back this well this year.
Apparently one of the first to congratulate Sale was teammate Tromp.
Tromp said Sale had a magnificent season and there were no more votes to be counted for the award, therefore Sale is the winner of the Cy Young NL pitching award in 2024, and he also won the triple crown leading the league in wins, era, and strikeouts. It’s interesting how people assert that ‘ERA is not a good stat’, yet it’s used as one of the factors in this award.
His FIP was even lower than his ERA at 2.09 vs. Wheeler’s 3.13. That’s a significant gap.
I’m surprised Skenes came in third.
Well earned and it’s not even a debate
of course i’m bias to Paul but Chris or Zach was where it was going to go simply because Paul didn’t start in the show. Had Paul had a few more games then it would’ve gotten to be a tight race.
Think they got it right
Still figured Paul would get a few more votes but it is hard to be discouraged in third place given the situation
If he started in show his season would have ended in August so same result not enough innings. But yeah if they didn’t care about his arm and he pitched all season he most likely wins.
shouldve been skenes
Couldn’t have been Skenes. Innings limit.