When Memorial Day weekend reached Sunday, the slate of games in the National League teased the possibility of a full day when generational pitchers were dominating the highlight reels. You know them by their last names, that's how famous they are, but we'll give you first names, too: Max Scherzer. Clayton Kershaw. Jacob deGrom.
What we ended up with instead were two triumphant upstarts, and one rainout. All things considered, that's not a bad outcome, because it gives us a chance to shine a light on two of baseball's underrated aces: Brandon Woodruff of the Milwaukee Brewers and Kevin Gausman of the San Francisco Giants.