The Cy Young Award is for the team's pitcher of the year. For the second year in a row the award is given to Jake Lewis, who posted a 2-2 W-L record and a 2.77 ERA in 2015. Lewis led the team in nearly every pitching category. He had the most appearances (11), games started (8), complete games (2), innings pitched (65.0), strikeouts (85), lowest walks allowed per nine innings pitched (1.94), strikeouts per nine innings pitched (11.77), and strikeouts per walks (6.07).

His 6.07 SO/BB rate set a new team single-season record. His 85 strikeouts fell just one shy of Chris Vendela's team single-season record of 86 in 2011. Lewis had 10 or more strikeouts five times in 2015.

Lewis saved his best for last with an 11-inning performance in the August 8 playoffs game against Everest, when he had 12 strikeouts compared to one walk and allowed just two earned runs on 11 hits. He tossed a two-hit shutout with 12 strikeouts in seven innings on July 19 to earn the win against the Washburn Lumberjacks in the game that sealed the Dukes' first Upper 13 League title.

Lewis was a workhorse this season. Remarkably, considering the pitching talent on display this summer -- perhaps only the 2008 staff could match the depth of this year's corps in the club's nine-year existence -- only Lewis and Anthony Bush pitched enough innings to qualify for rate stats leadership. The difference was Lewis doubled Bush's innings pitched output. Lewis tossed 33 percent of the team's innings; Bush was second at 16 percent. Nobody else had over nine percent.

Lewis is the club's leader in three career stats: ERA (3.21), strikeouts per nine innings (10.35), and strikeouts per walks (3.64).