LAS VEGAS -- Following a stellar sophomore season in the Major Leagues, Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto finished third in NL Cy Young Award voting. The Pirates' Paul Skenes was the unanimous winner , while the Phillies' Cristopher Sánchez was the runner-up, as announced Wednesday on MLB Network.

Yamamoto appeared on 29 ballots out of a possible 30. He received 16 third-place votes, 11 fourth-plate votes and two fifth-place votes in his first time as a finalist for the top pitching honor in the Major Leagues.

Baseball Writers' Association of America members vote on awards after the regular season and before the postseason. Yamamoto's incredible playoff run in which he earned World Series MVP honors for his efforts to help secure his team back-to-back championships was not part

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