Nov. 18--The Cubs don't have a finalist in the National League Most Valuable Player voting, but they can win their first "triple crown" award since 1984 if Jake Arrieta is announced Wednesday night as the NL Cy Young Award winner by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
In what is believed to be the closest vote of the postseason, Arrieta will find out whether he or the Dodgers' formidable twosome of Zack Greinke or Clayton Kershaw will win the award.
The announcement follows the selections of Kris Bryant as NL Rookie of the Year and Joe Maddon as NL Manager of the Year on successive nights.
The last time the Cubs has three BBWAA award winners was in 1984, when Ryne Sandberg (NL MVP), Rick Sutcliffe (NL Cy Young) and Jim Frey (NL manager) earned individual honors.
The last NL two teams to feature three individual winners were the 1991 Atlanta Braves (Terry Pendleton, MVP; Tom Glavine, Cy Young; Bobby Cox, manager) and the 1990 Pittsburgh Pirates (Barry Bonds, MVP; Doug Drabek, Cy Young; Jim Leyland, manager).
The last team to feature Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year and Cy Young Award winners in the same season was the 1983 Chicago White Sox with Ron Kittle, Tony La Russa and LaMarr Hoyt.
