"The Dodgers have won 12 Cy Young awards, the most of any major league team, with franchise icons including Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Fernando Valenzuela, Orel Hershiser and Clayton Kershaw bringing home the hardware."
"In this century, only two players have won a Cy Young award and a World Series championship in the same season: Randy Johnson, with the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks, and Justin Verlander, with the 2022 Houston Astros."
"No Dodgers pitcher has thrown 200 innings or won 20 games over the past four years, the last two of which have ended with parades."
"The last time a Dodgers pitcher won a Cy Young in a year in which the team won the World Series: Hershiser, in 1988. He threw 267 innings that season, then another 42⅔ in the playoffs."
Yoshinobu Yamamoto has an impressive resume, including a World Series win and various accolades, but he has not yet won a Cy Young award. The Dodgers, with a history of 12 Cy Young awards, prioritize team success over individual accolades. In recent years, no Dodgers pitcher has achieved 200 innings or 20 wins, focusing instead on preparing for October. The last Cy Young winner from the Dodgers during a World Series win was Orel Hershiser in 1988, who had an extensive workload that season. The organization may not allow Yamamoto to pursue traditional metrics for the award.
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