Boston Red Sox closer Aroldis Chapman is about as automatic as it gets these days.

Chapman hasn’t allowed a hit in over a month, and it’s beginning to feel like he never will. The 37-year-old closed the door yet again on Wednesday night for the Red Sox as Boston defeated the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards, 3-2, behind a ninth-inning, two-run blast from Ceddanne Rafaela.

Here’s a question sort of out of nowhere: does Chapman deserve Cy Young consideration in the American League?

It’s not impossible for relievers to win the award, although it rarely happens. Los Angeles Dodgers closer Éric Gagné was the last guy to pull it off in 2003. Former Red Sox great Dennis Eckersley did it in 1992 with the Athletics.

Still, in all of the decades of Major League Baseball, only nine relievers h

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