After his first full season with the Boston Red Sox, Garrett Crochet has ranked among the top pitchers in the American League as a Cy Young Award finalist. Unfortunately, he lost to the expected back-to-back winner, Tarik Skubal of the Detroit Tigers.
This year's Cy Young race came down to the wire, as Crochet and Skubal posted similar numbers in multiple categories. Crochet clocked a 2.59 ERA, 1.028 WHIP, an MLB-leading 255 strikeouts, 46 walks, an 18-5 record, 5.54 strikeout-to-walk rate, and an AL-leading 11.2 strikeouts per nine innings over 205.1 innings pitched. Skubal posted an AL-leading 2.