Messick's case for the Cy Young Award

The Baseball Writers’ Association of America will hand out the Cy Young Awards for each league on Wednesday.

Outside of Chris Sale (2024 NL Cy Young Award), the remaining five candidates have never won the Cy Young Award. In the National League, the flamethrowing Jacob Misiorowski figures to be the front-runner, but he’ll face stiff competition in the form of the Phillies' Cristopher Sánchez and Sale.

Over in the American League, the Yankees’ Cam Schlittler is also viewed as the favorite, and is joined by Dylan Cease and Parker Messick.

Here's a look at the case for each of the six Cy Young Award candidates (listed by league and in alphabetical order) before the winners are announced at 7 p.m.…