MLB awards week continues! On Monday we got the Rookie of the Year awards, followed on Tuesday by the Manager of the Year honors. Wednesday brought an even bigger one, with the Cy Young awards for pitchers.
The winner in the American League was Shane Bieber of the Cleveland Indians, by a unanimous vote. All 30 ballots listed the right-hander as their 1st-place choice, just the 10th time an AL pitcher has achieved that sweep (most recently Justin Verlander in 2011; the NL has done it 14 times). The emphatic nod was well-earned, as Bieber led the majors in ERA (1.