Debating whether Paul Skenes should win the National League Cy Young Award is a waste of time.

Not only did the Pirates ace lead the league in ERA (1.97), FIP (2.36), WHIP (0.95) and ERA+ (217), but what Skenes has done through 55 career MLB starts (1.96 ERA) is nothing short of incredible.

The last MLB pitchers with a sub-2.00 ERA over that many starts: Jacob deGrom, Clayton Kershaw, Jake Arrieta, Roger Clemens, Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux and Dwight Gooden.

Sorry, Cristopher Sanchez (Phillies) and Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Dodgers). Great work this year. But it should be Skenes in a landslide when winners are announced on Wednesday night.

The bigger question with Skenes is whether the Pirates can build around him, how that should happen, the ramifications if they fail for a

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