Cy Young Award
Healthy Ohtani eyes Cy Young in 2026 spring training debut
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Fully recovered Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani kicked off 2026 spring training healthy and pitching, with manager Dave Roberts placing him in the Cy Young conversation—the one major award missing from his stellar resume.
Following last week's exchange of record arbitration figures—a $13 million gap with Tarik Skubal seeking $32 million and the Tigers filing $19 million—the dispute highlights rarely invoked collective-bargaining agreement provisions. Skubal's back-to-back Cy Young Awards could set new norms for pitchers in their final arbitration year.
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Building on trade rumors from the MLB Winter Meetings, Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal validated pre-season forecasts by MLB.com analysts in 2025, leading the AL in ERA (2.21) and winning his second straight Cy Young Award. With 2026 as his final year under team control, the Tigers must weigh extension, trade, or contention plans.
Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington uppgav att stjärnpitchern Paul Skenes kommer att stanna med laget 2026, trots pågående trade-förfrågningar från andra klubbar. Skenes, 2024 års National League Rookie of the Year och favorit för 2025 NL Cy Young Award, har dominerat i sina två första MLB-säsonger. Cherington gjorde kommentarerna under GM-mötena i Las Vegas på tisdagen.