If there was no doubt about the winner of the 2022 Cy Young award, things were significantly murkier afterwards. 7 various gamers got a minimum of one second-place vote, 6 got a third-place vote, and the fourth-place tallies noted no less than 9 pitchers. No other pitcher bar Alcantara was discussed on more than 23 of the 30 tallies. Zac Gallen completed fourth, with 3 citizens noting him in 2nd location, consisting of Jayson Stark of The Athletic, and was called in between 2nd and 5th on twenty tallies.
5th appears about. Passing bWAR, Gallen ranked equivalent 6th, however the distinction in between 4th and seventh was just 0.3 wins, so within the bounds of affordable argument. Aaron Nola possibly was worthy of much better than 4th, as his 6.0 bWAR was beaten just by Alcantara. On the other hand, Julio Urias didn’t even split 5 bWAR, 8th finest in the league, however still completed third. Dodger predisposition? Possibly not, as if that held true, Tony Gonsolin’s 16-1 record would certainly have actually warranted a minimum of some votes.
The 45 points scored by Gallen, on the 7-4-3-2-1 system, is a sharp uptick from the 2 points he scored in 2020, when he was the last Diamondback pitcher to get any votes. Clearly, it’s a classification in which the group has actually succeeded for many years, thanks to Randy Johnson, Brandon Webb and Curt Schilling. It has actually been harder of late. Patrick Corbin was the last Arizona pitcher to make the leading 5, likewise completing 5th in 2018, though with a much smaller sized points tally (23 ). Zack Greinke came 4th in 2017, on 52 points, as did Ian Kennedy (76 points) in 2011.(*)
