There’s still plenty of meaningful baseball ahead of us, but that doesn’t mean we can’t start thinking about offseason awards. So about a Cy Young for Garrett Crochet? While Tarik Skubal of the Detroit Tigers has been the frontrunner all season long, Crochet and Skubal are extremely close in a number of categories, with Crochet leading the league in innings pitched and strikeouts, while Skubal leads in ERA, fWAR, and strikeout rate. Not even Pedro won the Cy Young in his first season in Boston, so Crochet nabbing it here would be cool as hell. (Alex Speier, Boston Globe)
Needless to say, Dustin May is not going to win the Cy Young Award. But he did just have his second strong outing in a row. Though in the case of last night’s game, it was only the final line that was strong. May actually