Chris Sale Tightens Grip on NL Cy Young Award Race
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00:00Okay, so the Cy Young Award picked up a little steam last night.
00:08Chris Sale is now a bigger favorite to win the Cy Young than he was 24 hours ago.
00:13And this is what happens, man.
00:14As we get closer to the end, there's less time for these other guys to catch up.
00:18So Chris Sale goes from about minus 115 to minus 140 after his performance against Blake
00:23Snell.
00:24Great game last night.
00:25Zach Wheeler is plus 165.
00:27Paul Skeens has now fallen back from about four and five to one to plus 650.
00:32And I think that the stats compiling for both of these pitchers at the end of the season
00:36is just too much for Paul Skeens to overcome.
00:40But there's no question with six starts probably for both guys coming down the stretch, this
00:45could absolutely go either way.
00:47I mean, Sale could easily win it, but so could Wheeler.
00:49This is far from over.
00:50Yeah, I think with Skeens, when you're 40 to 60 innings behind the leaders, it's very
00:55tough to make up.
00:56I just think the bottom line is Sale's been the better pitcher than Wheeler.
00:59Like that's it.
01:00You just look at the numbers, the Ks stand out so much.
01:03And that's not to take anything away from Wheeler.
01:05But just across the board, when you put it all together, Sale's been better.
01:08In fact, I think there's other pitchers in the National League who have been better that
01:12weren't on that list.
01:13So it's a very close race.
01:14I think Wheeler still has a chance if he has a very strong finish.
01:19But as long as Sale doesn't, you know, get hurt or completely collapse down the stretch,
01:23it's his award to lose in my eyes.
01:25I personally don't think it's particularly close, but, you know, again, maybe the voters
01:29think otherwise and it will be.