Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase is positioning himself for a historic finish to the 2024 season.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Each year, the Cy Young Award goes to the most outstanding pitcher in Major League Baseball’s American and National leagues. Voters from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America cast ballots to select the pitchers they believe fit that description, and only that description.
Clase is 4-2 with a 0.67 ERA and a major league best 45 saves in 68 appearances. The saves represent a career high and are one shy of Cleveland’s single-season record held by Jose Mesa, who saved 46 in 1995. Mesa finished second in Cy Young voting that year. Only Dodgers closer Eric Gagne, who saved 55 games in 2003, has won the award as a reliever since then.
“I just see it as my role,” Clase said via Guardians interpreter Agustin Rivero. “I know that’s the time I’m going to come in and pitch, and I have to prepare to perform in those situations.” Guardians manager Stephen Vogt said he looks at the award as the MVP of pitching, and in his mind, there’s nobody more valuable than Clase.
“He just goes out there and he smiles,” Vogt said. “He was the only one that wasn’t nervous in the whole building, and it just speaks to his confidence in himself and the ability to make pitches when he needs to. He’s just a special person and unbelievable talent.”
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