AL Cy Young candidates after the first two months of the season

As the calendar turns to June, certain players begin to stand out among others after the first two months of the season. Here are some Cy Young candidates in the AL.

Even though the baseball season still has four more months to go, it’s never too early to look at the potential award winners at the end of the season. In this post, we’ll take a look at the AL Cy Young candidates.

Plenty of pitchers in the AL have stood out and pitched to a Cy Young worthy degree. Only one of the pitchers in the early Cy Young conversations has won the award before. So there’s a good shot that whoever wins the Cy Young award will become a first-time winner.

In 2016, the AL Cy Young winner was also a first-timer. The Boston Red Sox’s Rick Porcello took home the honor last season. Porcello winning the award showed that the BBWAA still leans toward old school stats compared to new school analytics.

Porcello led all of baseball in wins with 22, while the Detroit Tigers’ Justin Verlander led all pitchers in WAR at 2.6. Although Verlander had more first place votes, Porcello won the award with more votes overall.

And just because these pitchers are in the Cy Young conversation right now, that doesn’t mean they will be by season’s end. The same goes for pitchers that aren’t in the conversation at the moment. Any of them could pitch well from June to September and take home the award.

Let’s take a look at some standout pitchers in the AL that are worthy of Cy Young consideration after the first two months of 2017.