Phillies starting pitchers Aaron Nola and Zack Wheeler did not win the National League Cy Young Award when the Baseball Writers Association of America announced their vote totals yesterday, nor were they expected to. Despite a solid season from both starters, Cincinnati Reds hurler Trevor Bauer was the favorite to win his first Cy Young Award and did so, securing 27 of the 30 first place votes from the BBWAA.
Bauer became the first Reds pitcher ever to win the Cy Young, although five other pitchers finished runner-up: Tom Seaver in 1981, Mario Soto in 1983, Danny Jackson in 1988, Pete Schourek (!