Dallas Keuchel and Zack Greinke lead their leagues as of this morning in the Cy Young Tracker points race. There’s an unusual name in the top 20, however, Dellin Betances. I believe he’s the only reliever in the top 40. The Tom Tango devised formula weight innings, earned runs, strikeouts, and wins to try to predict who will be atop the Cy Young voting at the end of the season. Betances does all of those well.

He leads the majors in appearances at 17, so he’s collecting a good deal of innings. He’s yet to allow an earned run (he allowed two runs in total). He struck out 30 in his 19 1/3 innings. Finally, his record is 4-0, and the most wins by a starter this season is six.

Can he keep it up? I suspect the strikeouts will stay high, but I also suspect the Yankees will dial back his innings a bit at some point. The wins are a function of the team winning late, which could simply be random. Betances’s rank in Cy Young points reflects his lead in reliever WAR. Right now, despite not being a closer, he’s the best reliever in the business.