Coming off major surgery, the 39-year-old authored his best statistical season in...
Justin Verlander is the first Astros pitcher to win two Cy Young Awards. Other Houston pitchers to earn the honor were Dallas Keuchel , Roger Clemens and Mike Scott .Fourteen months ago, discretion bested valor, and Justin Verlander shut himself down. His team neared a pennant with a pitching staff in tatters. Verlander ramped up, reported no soreness in his reconstructed right elbow, and weighed whether to pitch during the Astros’ 2021 postseason run. His surgeon strongly advised against it.
Before Verlander, only 10 pitchers who underwent the surgery at age 37 or older returned to pitch in the major leagues, according to MLB.com. Verlander received the operation at 37. He won his second Cy Young Award a season earlier, but the injury invited wonder whether these were the waning days of a dominant career. Verlander never wavered from a desire to pitch until age 45.
Verlander is the 11th pitcher to win the Cy Young Award at least three times. Max Scherzer and Clayton Kershaw are the only other two active pitchers with three apiece. Only Verlander and Sandy Koufax have won three Cy Young Awards and tossed at least three no-hitters. In receiving all 30 first-place votes from members of the Baseball Writers Association of America, Verlander totaled 210 points to defeat runner-up Dylan Cease of the White Sox by 113 points — a landslide vote befitting the gap between the Astros ace and the rest of the American League.
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