The BBWAA presents the Cy Young Awards Wednesday evening, and I don’t believe there will be much of a surprise in the results. In the NL Chris Sale of the Braves posted a superlative season. He pitched 177 2/3 innings with remarkable three true outcomes, leading the NL with a 2.38 ERA. Paul Skenes owns the lowest ERA, 1.96, at the 130 inning mark and is in the mix for the award. The two are close in strikeout rate, but Sale is better in walks and home runs with 44 more innings on the mound. He is also ahead of Wheeler in all those categories.

In the AL Tarik Skubal finished best in ERA by 0.4 runs, while posting an 18-4 record. Like Sale, all of his three-true outcomes were excellent. I’m happy to see Seth Lugo make it into the top three as he was one of three MLB pitchers to hit the 200 inning mark. Emmanuel Clase is also in the mix. He allowed a very low BABIP, which made up for a below career average K per 9 for him. I don’t think that will make up for Skubal’s great season, although he might finish second.

I suspect Sale and Skubal will win the awards easily.