Dominican Sandy Alcantara defeated Mexico’s Julio Urias on Wednesday to win the National League’s Cy Young unanimously.. Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA). Of note, Alcantara is the first pitcher in Miami Marlins history to receive the highest award for a Major League pitcher.
In addition to defeating the Mexican Julio Urias, Santana also left American Max Fried of the Atlanta Braves behind.. As if that wasn’t enough, he becomes only the third Dominican pitcher to win the said award in MLB, and the first since 2005.
The admiration of Julio Urias by Sandy Alcantara
In an exclusive interview with La Opinión, Urias admitted that his favorite player this year is Dominican Sandy Alcantara. “What Sandy is doing as a pitcher this year, I can tell you, is incredible.. I think the long innings came back when the pitcher went eight or nine innings. He has my respect from everyone, I enjoy watching him serve and his temperament, which he has on the hill, is one of my favorites.”El Kulichi” said.
Of note, Sandy Alcantar threw in a total of 23.2 innings, far more than any other pitcher in MLB. It was the most innings since David Price in 2016. In addition, the 27-year-old Dominican had more complete games than the other 29 major league teams.
Rooms by Sandy Alcantara and Julio Urias
Sandy Alcantara finished second in the National League with a 2.28 ERA behind Mexico’s Julio Urias with a 2.16.his ERA kept the batters average at 212, undeniably the dominant pitcher all around.
The Dominican also had 16 starts from over seven series.. Whereas Fried and Julio Urias teamed up in just two outings out of over seven chapters.
Source: La Opinion
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