MIAMI – Marlins’ Sandy Alcantara on Wednesday was named the 2022 Nationwide League Cy Younger Award winner, turning into the very first pitcher in Marlins’ franchise heritage to receive the honor.
The associates of the Baseball Writers’ Association of The united states selected Alcantara.
The 27-year-previous suitable-hander concluded a historic season, going 14-9 with a 2.28 Era and 207 strikeouts in 228.2 innings, along with 6 comprehensive video games, a .98 WHIP, and a .212 opponents’ batting regular in 32 starts off. He led Significant League Baseball in innings pitched and full game titles and led all NL pitchers with an 8.1 WAR (Baseball Reference). Through Alcantara’s entire existence (born Sept. 1995) only two pitchers attained the similar statistical totals because the 1996 season: Felix Hernandez, SEA (2010) and Pedro Martinez, MON (1997).
Alcantara is the third Dominican-born player to get a Cy Youthful award, signing up for Bartolo Colon (2005) and Pedro Martinez (1997, 1999, and 2000).
