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Milwaukee Brewers' Brandon Woodruff, San Francisco Giants' Kevin Gausman are unsung Cy Young candidates

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.