Why on earth? There were no first or second votes, but only third place in the Yamamoto CY Award...Who's in second place
Nov 13, 2025
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The American Baseball Journalists Association (BWAA) released the results of the 2025 Cy Young Award voting on the 13th (Korea time). As everyone expected, the American League Cy Young Award went to Tarik Skubal (Detroit Tigers) and the National League Cy Young Award to Paul Skins (Pittsburgh Pirates).
Skins won 30 first-place votes and earned a total of 210 points, making him a unanimous winner.
Cy Young Award is based on regular season performance. Skins went 10-10 with 187 ⅔ innings, 216 strikeouts and a 1.97 ERA in 32 starts. He ranked No. 1 overall in the Major League in the ERA category. The bWAR (contribution to victory over replacement) was 7.7. If the team were not for Pittsburgh, it would have been possible to win more than 15 games. Skins won the Rookie of the Year award in his first year in the big league and received the Cy Young Award in his second year.
Philadelphia Phillies ace Christopher Sanchez took the final second place in the National League Cy Young Award. He scored a total of 120 points by monopolizing 30 second-place votes. Sanchez went 13-5 with 202 innings, 212 strikeouts and a 2.50 ERA in 32 starts. bWAR was the number one pitcher in the major league with 8.0. Skins was second.
Yamamoto bowed his head as he did not get a single vote for first and second place. He scored a total of 72 points with 16 third-place votes, 11 fourth-place votes, and two fifth-place votes.
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Yamamoto instead pitched in six postseason games (five starts) and won the World Series MVP in recognition of his contribution to the Dodgers' second consecutive World Series championship with 5-1, 37 ⅓ innings and an ERA of 1.45. In two of the five games he started, he pitched nine innings of one-run complete game, threw 96 pitches in six innings in Game 6 of the World Series, took the mound in relief in Game 7, and threw 34 pitches in two ⅔ innings, which was so shocking that it is still talked about.
MLB.com said 'BWAA members' vote for the Cy Young Award was held before the regular season and the postseason began. Yamamoto's remarkable playoff performance led him to the World Series MVP, and his tremendous effort led to the Dodgers' back-to-back win, but the performance could not typically affect the Cy Young Award voting.
MLB.com also wrote that Yamamoto's second year in the big league was amazing, but he couldn't beat the Skins, who had a historic year. Sanchez had a similar ERA, but pitched nearly 30 more innings than Yamamoto. This would be a major factor in second place, but the statistics do not explain Yamamoto's value in the Dodgers, whose starters collapsed early in the season due to many injuries. Yamamoto was the only starter who never skipped the starting rotation, and he was the ace in the postseason and showed it properly'He commented.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
