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What it means if Blake Snell wins Cy Young award

 
Published Nov. 14, 2018|Updated Nov. 14, 2018

If Rays LHP Blake Snell wins the Cy Young

* He will be the second Ray to do so, matching David Price in 2012, and also join Price as second from an AL East team in the last 15 years.

* He will be the youngest, at 25, since Clayton Kershaw (25) in 2013 for the Dodgers, and in the AL since Felix Hernandez (24) in 2010 for the Mariners.

* He will have fewest innings of any starter over a full season, with 180 2/3; Kershaw won with 198 1/3 in 2014 for the Dodgers.

* He will be the 11th straight pitcher to do so after leading the AL in wins (21) and ERA (1.89), and 14th of 15 since the award was given in both leagues starting in 1967.

* He will have pitched the third fewest career games (74) of any AL winner; Roger Clemens had pitched in 69 when he won in 1986 for Boston; Vida Blue in 57 when he won in 1971 for Oakland.