Toronto Blue Jays' Robbie Ray wins Cy Young Award

Robbie Ray has won the Cy Young Award as the American League's best pitcher in 2021.

Ray had a 13-7 record for the Toronto Blue Jays this past season, with a 2.84 earned-run average and 248 strikeouts over 193.1 innings pitched.

His ERA was the best in Major League Baseball while his innings pitched and strikeout totals were the best in the American League in 2021.

Ray became the first Toronto pitcher to earn the honour since the late Roy Halladay in 2003.

The lefty got 29 of 30 first-place votes from members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole got the other top vote and finished second and Chicago White Sox righty Lance Lynn was third.