Its time to talk about the monster in the room. With Tuesday night’s dominant performance over the Royals, Blake Snell joined very rare company.
For Rays fans, Snell’s emergence as the staff ace comes as no surprise, but he is STILL NOT GETTING MENTIONED in the AL Cy Young Award race.
Some people are starting to notice, but it hasn’t picked up with the people that matter. (BBWA)
Updated odds to win the American League Cy Young Award (BetOnline):
Chris Sale -250
Justin Verlander +400
Corey Kluber +450
Trevor Bauer +800
Luis Severino +1000
Blake Snell +1200
Gerrit Cole +1400— OddsShark (@OddsShark) August 21, 2018The Competition
When talking about the AL Cy Young, there is one main starter that gets mentioned (Chris Sale), a few others that have been mentioned (Justin Verlander, the Cleveland Indians Rotation), and then there’s Blake Snell.