Who has been the best pitcher in the American League this year? While there are a couple of familiar names atop the WAR leaderboards at this point, most of the players you might think of as Cy Young contenders have been anything but. For instance, the AL’s most valuable pitcher this season has been... Lance Lynn? Yeah, it’s a weird year.
While Charlie Morton’s presence on that list isn’t quite as shocking as Lynn’s, I’m still a bit surprised to see him second in the league in WAR. More impressive still is that Morton has accomplished this in fewer innings than most of the other pitchers around him.