Water is wet, the sky is blue, and Paul Skenes is a National League Cy Young Award finalist.
It should come as a surprise to absolutely no one that the Pittsburgh Pirates ace was named a finalist for the league's top pitching honor for a second consecutive year, joining Cristopher Sánchez of the Philadelphia Phillies and Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers this time around.
Skenes entered his first full season in the majors as the favorite to win the award, and he delivered on the hype. He led the NL with a 1.