Boston Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet had his best season yet in 2025, but it wasn’t quite enough to prevent Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal from winning another American League Cy Young Award.

Crochet’s stellar campaign made things interesting, but Skubal still captured his second straight AL Cy Young fairly easily. After winning the award unanimously in 2024, Skubal received 26 of 30 possible first-place votes this time around, with the other four going to Crochet.

Crochet received 26 second-place votes, with the other four going to Skubal. Both finished first or second on every ballot, so it truly was a two-horse race .

Skubal became the first AL pitcher to win back-to-back Cy Youngs since Pedro Martinez did so in 1999 and 2000 for the Red Sox.

Despite Crochet’s brilliance and co

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