Long-time Detroit Tigers ace, Justin Verlander, took home the American League Cy Young award on Wednesday. He and Sandy Alcantara of the Miami Marlins, were announced as unanimous winners of the award for best pitcher of the year in either league. This was Verlander’s third Cy Young award, to go along with his 2011 MVP and 2006 Rookie of the Year hardware and a pair of rings, but this had to be the most special one of them all for the 39-year-old right-hander.
No one has ever returned from Tommy John surgery and a year and a half away from the game to dominate like Verlander did this season.