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Dodgers News: Julio Urias Finishes Third in NL Cy Young Award

Miami Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara took home the honors

Ryan Menzie

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In the hearts of Dodgers fans, Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias did everything right and was poised to win the NL Cy Young Award. Urias finished with an NL best 2.16 ERA and a 17-7 record, but Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara won the award.

In his sixth season in the league, earning his second All-Star nod, Alcantara earns his first career Cy Young Award. An impressive feat for the young ace. 

Alcantara beat out Urias and Braves pitcher Max Fried after an impressive 14-9 record and 2.28 ERA. What pushes Alcantara over the top was his league leading 228 and 2/3 innings pitched with six complete games in 32 starts. 

In comparison, Urias only pitched 175 innings in 31 starts. 23 of the 32 starts for Alcantara came agains teams with a .500 record or better. Urias can make an argument for his dominance against the better teams as he made 16 of his 31 starts against them.

During that span, Urias compiled an 11-3 record with an even more impressive 1.45 ERA against the teams. Nonetheless, Alcantara is deserving of the award with his impressive display all season long and ability to dominate over an entire game. 

The accolades will continue to come for Urias, who will undoubtably continue to dominate at the position, but the goal for Urias is to win a World Series championship. The Dodgers were on the cusp of making a deep postseason run before the pitching unit fell apart when it mattered the most.

Urias' domination is a direct correlation to the Dodgers success and he will look to repeat his Cy Young runner-up level season. 

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Ryan Menzie
RYAN MENZIE

Ryan Menzie | Lead Contributor Ryan is an LA Native who has grown up praising the greatest athletes LA has had to offer. A love for sports ranging between basketball, football, volleyball and golf, a future Sports Management Masters graduate, and being engulfed into organized sports since seven years old, the passion and love for sports never ends for Ryan. If the words he writes don't paint the full picture of his true fandom, he will find more ways than one to tell the story and be more than willing to open up a nice LA sports debate with you. Favorite Player: Mookie Betts Favorite Moment: 2020 World Series. The Lakers won the NBA title and the Dodgers secured the World Series only a couple of months later. During such a rough time with COVID-19 and such a bleak look at how sports has tried to overcome the circumstances, it was a relief to see the night sky lit up for many nights and a makeshift parade in LA when it seemed like we needed it the most.

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