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True Dough

(25,116 posts)
Wed Nov 12, 2025, 08:29 PM 6 hrs ago

Cy Young winners for 2025 are...

Paul Skenes of the Pirates in the NL

Tarik Skubal of the Tigers in the AL

That's back-to-back Cy Youngs for Skubal.


Skubal finished 13-6 with a 2.21 ERA and 241 strikeouts in 195⅓ innings, leading the AL in both Baseball-Reference WAR (6.5) and FanGraphs WAR (6.6) while also leading qualified pitchers in ERA, strikeout rate (32.2%), lowest walk rate (4.4%), OBP allowed (.240) and OPS allowed (.559).

Skenes finished 10-10 with a 1.97 ERA and 216 strikeouts in 187.2 innings for the Pirates, allowing just 11 home runs and limiting batters to a .199 average. He led NL pitchers in ERA, WHIP (0.948) and FanGraphs WAR (6.5), while ranking tied for second in strikeouts and second in lowest OPS allowed.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46947108/tigers-tarik-skubal-repeats-al-cy-young-award-winner

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Cy Young winners for 2025 are... (Original Post) True Dough 6 hrs ago OP
No surprises there! Both are deserving. Diamond_Dog 6 hrs ago #1
Absolutely! True Dough 6 hrs ago #2

True Dough

(25,116 posts)
2. Absolutely!
Wed Nov 12, 2025, 09:04 PM
6 hrs ago

Trivia question for you, Diamond Dog: Skubal has won two straight Cy Youngs.

Which two MLB pitchers are tied with a record four consecutive Cy Youngs?

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