NL Futures: Cy Young Race Heats Up as Players Shine Brightly

National League Cy Young Award winner. Boy, Mizorowski has really taken control over this one. It was funny that Sanchez had such a great May. We thought it was a guarantee that he was going to be the guy. But look, there's a different way, Tom, as we've talked about playing this stuff with these guys. Sanchez starts Sunday night against the Yankees. That could be a game changer for him. If he has a great start, they're being very careful with Mizorowski, as you mentioned. I still think this is TBD. Oh, I think it's TBD. I think the 65% chance for Mizorowski and 11% for Chris Sanchez. I think that's a bit too much. If we were here a month from now and we're talking about the end of August leading into September, we're going to have X amount more starts for each of those pitchers in between now and then. I think that would give us a clear idea. But when we're talking about 60 some odd days left in the season, I think this is a bit much at this point. I would be looking at, again, Sal Mizorowski. And I still think he could win the award, but it's a bit much right now. The Sal Stewart train continues to roll. J.J. Weatherholt, to me, has been one of the biggest reasons the Cardinals have really moved up here. But it seems like Stewart got off to such a great start and he's banked so many stats, Tom. And the other thing, too, is that if you have a rookie that wins the Rookie of the Year, you get a pick in the draft, an extra one here. So the Reds are really looking toward the future. I would guess it ends up being Stewart. But could you see Weatherholt moving up here a little more? I mean, the Pirates have a couple of guys, by the way, that have had great years. This kid Valdez came out of nowhere. Yeah, I could certainly see Weatherholt moving up and or winning the award. Sal Stewart's put up a great year. Weatherholt is obviously getting headlines because he signs the contract extension. I see this as pretty much of a coin flip race. I don't think the gap is as big as we're seeing right now. I think Sal Stewart will climb his way back into the picture. And listen, if the Cardinals start to slip overall, I'm not going to say Weatherholt's going to be slipping, but it does present an opening for Sal Stewart to continue to move up. There was a report Sunday that said that John Moselach is going to stay on as GM of the Los Angeles Angels. That's good news for them. He'll provide a lot of stability for that team. I know that Cardinals fans weren't thrilled at the end of his tenure, but you look at all the World Series that that guy won, undeniable, did a great job with St. Louis. How about executive of the year, Tom, in Major League Baseball? Certainly a lot of different choices that you could go with here, and certainly this moves up and down throughout the course of the year. But Chris Getz and the job that he's done with the White Sox has to be considered. No one had the White Sox being 500, let alone competing for the division. Yeah, I think the division is important in this market, because if they just make the postseason as a wildcard team and Pittsburgh makes the postseason as a wildcard team, how do you evaluate one over another? They both weren't expected, but they both made the postseason. How is one dramatically better? I still think that you should be looking at the Rays as an option. They are never viewed as the favorite in the AL East, and the Yankees are there, and the AL Champs from last year are there with the Blue Jays, and yet if the Rays win the AL East, there's always going to be a conversation, twin manager of the year or executive of the year. Yeah, and this is very much a TBD award, too, on all of the prediction markets, Tom, because Ben Sherrington is out there. I mean, could the Pirates make some moves, make the postseason? This guy can end up winning Sherrington 20% right now on Calshi, and Sam wants Paul Tobony to win executive of the year. I don't know, Tom. They probably have to make the postseason.