Verlander, Alcantara unanimous Cy Young picks
Houston’s Justin Verlander in the American League and Miami’s Sandy Alcantara in the National League were both unanimous selections for the Cy Young Award.
It’s the second time the winners in both leagues were unanimous since the award began in 1956 and the first since Detroit’s Denny McLain in the AL and St. Louis’ Bob Gibson in the NL swept the voting in 1968.
Verlander, 39, 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 led the majors with a 1.75 ERA — the lowest of his 17-year career — while going 18-4 after missing almost all of the previous two seasons recovering from Tommy John surgery.
Alcantara, 27, was 14-9 with a 2.28 ERA and six complete games while pitching a major league-best 228 2/3 innings. He is the first Marlins pitcher to receive the award..