Yankees Ace Getting Cy Young Consideration

So you're saying there's a chance? New York Yankees left-hander Max Fried will receive consideration for the American League Cy Young Award but come up short, according to USA Today's Bob Nightengale.

That's because Nightengale believes the award will go to Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal.

"He is about to become only the fourth left-handed pitcher in baseball history to win back-to-back Cy Young awards, joining Sandy Koufax, Randy Johnson and Clayton Kershaw," Nightengale wrote.

According to Nightengale, Boston Red Sox left-hander Garrett Crochet will finish second in AL Cy Young voting with Fried coming in third.

That makes for an interesting sub-plot with Fried and Crochet set to square off Tuesday in Game 1 of the American League Wild Card Series when the Red Sox visit the Bronx.

In his first season with the Yankees, Fried led the majors with a career-high 19 wins. Teammate Carlos Rodon and Crochet tied for second with 18 wins. Skubal won just 13 games.

But Skubal, the reigning Cy Young winner, led the American League with a 2.21 ERA. Crochet was third with a 2.59 ERA. Fried (2.86) finished fourth.

Crochet led the AL with 205.1 innings pitched. Fried, Rodon and Skubal tied for second with 195.1 innings pitched.

But we see some big separation when it comes to WAR among AL pitchers. Skubal led with 6.6, followed by Crochet at 6.3. Fried tied for sixth with 4.5 WAR, which was actually a notch below Rodon (4.6).