Awards Watch: Phenom Paul Skenes and veteran Zack Wheeler locked in amazing duel for NL Cy Young

All-Star’s break is in a few days, and one of the other decisions for the classic of 2025 is the name of the starting pitchers. On the American League, it must be an incredibly easy tigers Ace and the ruler Al Cy Young Winner Tarik Skubal.

In the National League, however, there are two great choices, and they can fight horns in the whole season. Pirates Youngster Paul Skenes last season was NL Rookie and started the All-Star game. He would make a good choice to start again, but there is a heavy competition from one person. Aweek Will, a veteran employee.

It is obvious that it is still possible that someone else won this season with the victory of CY YONUN, but it is sure that one of these two will be right now. Opportunities agree. Via Betmgm, here is the top five right now.

I believe that both here are neck and neck, and the only reason that scanners are popular here, that’s why he is a more popular choice.

Let’s see, enjoying how closed their numbers right now.

[fWAR is Fangraphs’ version of WAR while bWAR is Baseball Reference’s version. fWAR uses FIP in its calculations; bWAR uses runs allowed per 9]

PAUL scenes

Statistics 4-7: 1.94 Age, 220 Age +, 0.92 whip, 2.37 FIP, 125 K, 30 BW, 116 IP, 1 CG, 3.9 FWAR

The individual operation of the pitchers on the day of the day, but some reviews of the mentality of the day of thinking have been killed in the ballot. It is possible that vote or two rotates wheel, especially if everything else is relatively equal (and right now).

Something else that could be a factor on the road, Skenes’s load. Remember that the pirates have been very slow, they are slow to start with blondes to start the last season in triple indiapolis. He ended with 27 ⅓ planes there before his advance and 133 for pirates, which is 160 ⅓. Rising from 15 to 20 would not be offensive, but it would be surprising if the pirates were much higher than that, especially how unlikely it is, how difficult it is to approach in September.

Skenes are absolutely good to set the number of numbers to win 180 seconds. Corbin Burnes took NL Cy Young Honors in 2021, 167 seconds. Guess who was the second one year? It was a wheel. And he worked 213 ⅓ Innings, beating in Bary Bares at 7.5 to 5.3.

Can Wheeler cope this time?

Zack Wheeler:

Statistics 9-3, 2.17 era, 196 era +: 0.85 whips, 2.49 FIP, 148 K, 25 BB, 116 IP, 1 CG, 3.8 War

He has been completed twice by young people with a young voting and exceeded 200 seconds twice, both occurred in the same two ways. He seems to reach INJOURINGS for the third time, but the wheel can be joined by Gerrit Cole (Al, 2024) and Chris Sale (NL, 2024).

We can’t measure it, obviously, but I think that many voters in all sports can be subconsciously caught in something like this. If you have more chances of winning more chances to win more chances to win more chances while Wheeler can be 35 years old, be his last chance to vote for the wheel.

When the items are now standing, Wheeler is headed by the league, strike, whip, strike pace and has the lowest indicators. Skenes leads to era + and the lowest lines of the house are allowed. They are in a virtual tie in the field of war, or at least within error.

Hamvail, as if Wheeler intends to have an advantage in Innings and partially, as a result of beginners, strikes. He will have a much better way to make a record record, and he can have an unspoken / subconscious “prize” swing. Right now skenes is a decent leader in the age, but the wheel is whip (it mainly affords coats, and it is very important). Skenes has all kinds of national star force, which is spreading beyond baseball, but I am not sure that 30 BBWA voters are very interested.

I still feel wheeler is going to win this thing, but a person will be a lot of fun to watch the rest of the way. It is located in the old school sports terminology, barn burner.