BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes was named the winner on Wednesday night of the 2025 National League Cy Young Award, becoming the first former LSU pitcher to receive the honor.

A native of Lake Forest, Calif., the Pirates right-hander won the MLB ERA crown this season with a 1.97 mark, making him the first qualified pitcher with an ERA under 2.00 since Justin Verlander in 2022. Skenes also collected 216 strikeouts this season, tied for second-most in the NL, in 187.2 innings.

Total points on a 7-4-3-2-1 basis Player 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Tot Paul Skenes, Pittsburgh 30 - - - - 210 Cristopher Sánchez, Philadelphia - 30 - - - 120 Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Los Angeles - - 16 11 2 72 Logan Webb, San Francisco - - 10 6 5 47 Freddy Peralta, Milwaukee - - 4 11 10 44 Nick Pive

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