MILWAUKEE (SNN-TV) – Milwaukee Brewers ace Corbin Burnes capped an impressive breakout 2021 season by taking home the NL Cy Young Award, finishing ahead of finalists Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Max Scherzer.
Burnes narrowly beat out Wheeler for the award, earning 151 points to Wheeler’s 141, despite receiving the same amount of first place votes.
Burnes’ 10-point margin of victory is the closest in the NL and tied for the fourth overall since the ballot expanded from three to five pitchers in 2010.
Burnes finished 2021 with an MLB-low 2.43 ERA and 234 strikeouts in 167 innings pitched across 28 games.
Burnes is the first Brewers pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in the NL. The other Cy Young winners for the Brewers, Rollie Fingers in 1981 and Pete Vuckovich in 1982, did so in the AL.
