Official MLB Cy Young Award announcements

Tarik Skubal Wins Unanimous 2024 AL Cy Young, First AL Triple Crown Since Verlander 2011

Nov 20, 2024, 11:55 PM

Tarik Skubal of the Detroit Tigers has won the 2024 American League Cy Young Award unanimously, receiving all 30 first-place votes and becoming the third consecutive unanimous winner. Skubal, who turned 28 on the day the award was announced, is the fifth Tiger to ever win the Cy Young and the first since Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer. His dominant season included leading the league in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average, achieving the pitching Triple Crown—the first AL pitcher to do so since Verlander in 2011. Skubal's performance helped lead Detroit to the playoffs.