Getty Tarik Skubal of the Detroit Tigers pitches against the Boston Red Sox. Last week when Major League Baseball announced the results of voting for its annual Cy Young Awards, to honor the best pitcher in each league, it was hardly a surprise when the American League winner was declared — for the second year in a row, it was left-hander Tarik Skubal of the Detroit Tigers . The 29-year-old Skubal was the first back-to-back Cy Young winner since Jacob deGrom, then of the New York Mets , won the