Tarik Skubal continued to solidify his case for a second straight AL Cy Young Award on Tuesday by twirling seven scoreless innings against the Astros. He struck out 10 batters, becoming the first pitcher to reach 200 strikeouts this season. The left-hander has a 2.32 ERA in 159⅓ innings across 25 starts. He leads major league starters in FIP and fWAR. Garrett Crochet and Hunter Brown have enjoyed stellar seasons, but it's Skubal's award to lose.

????

he has zero shot at winning it

That's NL and most likely should be Evoldi AL

Just need Skenes to keep these short outings up rofl.

Guy hasn't made it beyond 5 innings in 7 of his last 12 starts. Keep being cautious with him Pirates. Shut him down while you're at it.

obviously wins is a nonsense stat

can you explain to me how the phillies ballpark is supposedly a hitter friendly park when your pitchers all seem to pitch better at home? Going back years every phillies pitcher has an incredibly inflated WAR purely because they pitch at phillies ballpark

never taking pitcher war seriously again

What do you mean supposedly a hitters park? Look at the dimensions lol

And I don't think it's a reach to say lot of pitchers or players in general tend to prefer playing in front of their home crowd where they're more comfortable.

sanchez got cooked
he has a 4.7 WAR according to fangraphs entering today btw

Mets have the Phillies number

Especially in their park

But idk what the WAR matters? Sanchez has been incredible this season. Well he was amazing last season too. Guy is just good. Tough night but it happens.

This post was edited by Sixers on Aug 25 2025 10:51pm

he's not even a top 5 pitcher dude ic what this shit is

skubal
hunter brown
max fried
jacob degrom
blake snell

are all literally better than him so who gives a shit