One of the most important news in Major League Baseball last week was the situation with Philadelphia’s Ace Zack Wheeler. There was a blood clot in his shoulder area, which was removed. A regression schedule without schedule.
The operating order here is first of all, focusing on Wheeler's well-being as a person. Second, the playoff impact (notice: The Phillies may still win the NL East, but the deep playoffs without Wheeler are less likely than he is). After these two things are not good, we have the psychological ability to consider the impact on the NL Cy Young race as well.
Wheeler spent the entire season with Paul Skenes's Pirates phenomenon.
Wheeler led the league with three-pointers (20) and whip. He is fifth, fourth in Time + fourth in War pitchers. When he finished second in the Cy Young vote twice, his lineage gave us reason to believe he has the ability to finish the season.
Now, it seems like he'll miss a few weeks, if not the rest of the regular season. When Wheeler falls, chances reflect the injury. He is not even among the top nine listed by Vander. Here are the top five:
Is this just Skenes' coronation? The odds are not necessarily the case. The Philadelphia's alternative Acesánchez had a shot, so I guess we'd stick with it in Pennsylvania. Quick side by side:
- Skenes was 7-9 with 2.16 ERA (195 ERA+), 0.96 WHIP and 174 strikeouts, with 37 steps in 154 innings.
- Sánchez is 11-4 with 2.46 ERA (181 ERA+), 1.10 whip and 169 strikeouts, playing 38 steps in 157 innings.
Sánchez is leading the way in the war version of the baseball reference, while Skenes leads in the Fangraphs, and both are close enough to be within the wrong range.
Overall, Skenes are slightly close in front. He also has name recognition and these things.
Interestingly, Sánchez has a great advantage over Skenes due to the records. In fact, despite his bad team, which is a personal award, Skynis could have been eliminated by 7-9 points. Of course, if that's the case, we'll say hello to Peralta, and his 15-5 record for the best team in baseball.
Peralta was ranked sixth in the war, whipping tenth in the whip and fifteenth in the strikeout and 12th in the inning. He is a legal candidate. The same is true for Boyd. He became the first two pitchers due to injury and he has been the rock for the Cubs, one of which has been completing this season since April. He was 12-6 with a 2.61 ERA (No. 4 in NL). He ranked fifth in the Whip and seventh in the seventh inning.
Webb leads the league, but he is in the top ten of the era when he plays halftime in pitchers' paradise. Even if he ends up being strong, it's a lot of guys who have crossed.
What about Andrew Abbott of the Reds? He is at +10,000 odds. He ranked third in the war with 2.28 ERA and seventh in the whip, 8-3. However, he only has 130 innings, ranking him in the league. He needs a lot of help to overcome the lack of workload, but the rate statistics are impressive.
Still, at this point, I feel like we'll bend backwards to push anyone to beat Skenes. The award doesn't say about team achievement, which is why it's always stupid to be the WL record that is the most important statistic for some voters.
Cy Young is the best pitcher in the league. It's hard for you to tell me right now that at the end of the season, it's going to be anyone on the NL side except Paul Skenes.