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We here at the MLB FanHouse will be musing once a week until the end of the season on who we think leads the AL and NL Cy Young award races. This is the first installment.National League: Tim Hudson
There have been a lot of great pitching performances over the first few weeks in the N.L., and the race is close. Cubs lefty Rich Hill had barely edged out Tim Hudson for this first installment with only seven walks and eight hits given up in his first 22 innings, and a stellar 0.41 ERA. But Hill's first loss of the season to the Brewers knocks him off of the perch at the last minute. Hudson's 0.62 ERA is scary good, and he could stay in the lead for a while because I suspect Hudson is on a mission to prove last season was a fluke.
Also in the mix:
Cole Hamels: 33 strikeouts and only six walks in 28 innings
Brad Penny: 3-0 record, 1.37 ERA
Rich Hill: 1.57 ERA, 3-1 record.
Matt Cain: 1.55 record, 0.83 WHIP
American League: Josh Beckett
Beckett was considered a bust in his first season in the American League. But Beckett was self-aware enough to realize that pitch selection was a problem. So he has adjusted in season two, and the results are palpable. A 4-0 record, 25 strikeouts and seven walks, and a 2.55 ERA in 24 and 2/3's innings is good enough to lead the way for A.L. Cy Young honors. You could also make a case for Indians lefty C.C. Sabathia, but Iet's give Beckett the nod for giving up only 19 hits to Sabathia's 30 (albeit in three and a third less innings).
Also in the mix:
C.C. Sabathia: 3-0 record, 27 K's in 28 innings
Johan Santana: 32 K's in 27 innings
Roy Halladay: 2-0 record, 2.37 ERA
Dan Haren: 1.41 ERA in 32 innings
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