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Point carre fixed point1/2/2023 ![]() His ERA ballooned to 7.84 early in the shortened 2020 season and, on the verge of free agency in Arizona, he wasn’t expected to get a qualifying offer. Ray was already one of the game’s workhorses with a knack for piling up strikeouts, but control was a major issue. The Jays thought they knew what they were getting when the traded left-hander Travis Bergen to the Diamondbacks for Ray and cash in August 2020: an almost finished product who was struggling with recent changes to his delivery. But those who know him best say it’s his ability to block out noise, to maintain a narrow focus on the game and his family, that made the difference. Now a free agent with some impressive hardware on his resumé, the noise surrounding Ray’s future - and perhaps a return to the Jays - will only increase. The New York Yankees’ Gerrit Cole picked up the other one and finished a distant second, with Lance Lynn of the Chicago White Sox third.Īccording to the Elias Sports Bureau, Ray’s 2020 ERA was the highest ever by a pitcher in the year before winning the Cy Young. The vote for Ray was near unanimous, with the 30-year-old fireballer earning 29 of 30 first-place ballots from members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. The feat is even more impressive when you consider the Jays played about half their home games at hitter-friendly TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Fla. ![]() The left-hander posted an ugly 6.62 ERA over 11 starts in 2020, the pandemic-shortened season in which he was traded to the Blue Jays by the Arizona Diamondbacks.Ī year later, he finished with a stingy 2.84 ERA in 32 starts as a Jay - and won baseball’s top award for pitchers. There was one statistic floating around in the lead-up to Wednesday night’s American League Cy Young Award announcement that encapsulated Robbie Ray’s career over the last two seasons. ![]()
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