A little before the All-star break the AL cy young award winner would have been a slam dunk with Zack Greinke winning but at this point in the season its wide open as can be. The league leader in wins right now is CC Sabathia from the first place Yankees but his era is in the mid to upper 3 which makes it a stretch. The ERA leader is Zack Greinke but his 12 wins make him tied for 7th in that categories. And finally the strikeout leader is Justin Verlander from the central leading Detriot Tigers and has an impressive 14 wins at this points and a good era in the low 3s. Taking all that in I rank my top 5 in order and they as followed:
1. Justin Verlander (DET) 14 Ws 3.38 ERA 211Ks
2. Zack Greinke (KC) 12 Ws 2.43 ERA, 197 Ks
3. CC Sabathia (NYY) 15 Ws 3.59 ERA 148 Ks
4. Roy Halladay (TOR) 13 Ws 3.03 ERA 159 Ks
5. Felix Hernandez (SEA) 12 Ws 2.73 ERA 173 Ks
Ok now this is where it gets interesting most of these guys have about 7 to 9 starts left in the season..so predicting the future Ill say the winner will be CC Sabathia of the New York Yankees, the writers who have the votes tend to go with the guy who has a lot of wins rather than the flashing strikeouts, (looking back when Bartola Colon of the Angels beat out Johan Santana when he was on the Twins..Johan dominated him in every categories except wins) but CC has a lot of ground to make up he can do it if he can finish the season with 20+ wins and an ERA in the low 3s in the Yanks final push at the playoffs.
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