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Pitchers to Win Consecutive Cy Young Awards

Detroit Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal won the 2025 AL Cy Young Award. After winning the coveted title after a dominant 2024, he ran it back this year, picking up 26 of 30 votes. He’s become the 12th pitcher to win consecutive Cy Young Awards. Here is the elite company Skubal joins and their dominant runs. […]

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Clayton Kershaw Joins 3,000 Strikeout Club
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Clayton Kershaw Joins Exclusive 3,000 Strikeout Club

After White Sox third baseman Vinny Capra struck out looking to end the top of the sixth, longtime Los Angeles Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw became the 20th pitcher in Major League Baseball history to fan 3,000 or more batters in his career Wednesday night, a feat known as joining the 3,000 strikeout club. To achieve […]

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Emmanuel Clase (left) and Devin Williams (right), two of the top modern performers in reliever stats.
Photo: Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) Right: DENVER, CO - SEPTEMBER 5: Devin Williams #38 of the Milwaukee Brewers pitches against the Colorado Rockies in the ninth inning of a game at Coors Field on September 5, 2022 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images

The Best and Most Meaningful Reliever Stats Around

The Best and Most Meaningful Reliever Stats Out There (Note: Evan presented the following at the 30th Annual Nine Spring Training Conference, March 2, 2023.) Evaluating relievers has become more challenging in the last 35 years or so as their in-game roles have changed. Even before this development, it was tough for the simple fact […]

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