Cubs News: Yu Darvish finishes second in NL Cy Young voting |
On Wednesday night, MLB Network announced that Reds starting pitcher Trevor Bauer was named the National League Cy Young Award winner with 27 first-place votes.
Cubs starting pitcher Yu Darvish was announced as the runner-up for the prestigious award garnering three first place votes, 24 second-place votes and two third-place votes for 123 total points. Third place went to Mets' Jacob deGrom with 89 points. Darvish had an impressive 8-3 record with a 2.01 ERA with 93 strikeouts, and a sparkling 0.96 WHIP in 12 starts this past season. This was the second time that Darvish has had a top-three finish in a CY Young race as he also finished second with the Rangers back in 2013. Cubs teammate Kyle Hendricks received two fifth-place votes and was tied for 9th in the voting with Clayton Kershaw and Zac Gallen. Shane Bieber was the American League Cy Young Award winner. Congratulations to @faridyu, who finishes 2nd in NL Cy Young voting after an extraordinary 2020 campaign. ?? pic.twitter.com/qWiitRmJUB Yu ?????????????? us.#WallpaperWednesday @Benjamin_Moore pic.twitter.com/30nXLdvP0e 2nd in NL Cy Young Award voting.
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