Justin Verlander and Sandy Alcantara Win MLB’s Cy Young Awards

Alcantara, who signed a five-year, $56 million extension with the Marlins in November 2021, was also a unanimous pick, putting him far ahead of the other finalists, Max Fried of the Atlanta Braves (10 second-place votes) and Julio Urías of the Los Angeles Dodgers (seven second-place votes).

The only other season in which both Cy Young votes were unanimous was 1968 when Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals, with a 1.12 E.R.A., won the N.L. award and Denny McClain of the Detroit Tigers, with 31 wins, won the A.L. award.

“What do you want me to say?” Alcantara said immediately after Pedro Martinez, one of the two other pitchers from the Dominican Republic to win a Cy Young (Bartolo Colon, in 2005, was the third), announced his win. “I made it.”

Awards season will conclude Thursday with the presentation of the Most Valuable Player Awards.

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