The Tigers’ Tarik Skubal and the Pirates’ Paul Skenes were the clear Cy Young favorites going into the 2025 season, and they never let up. Along the way, though, other pitchers made their own impressive bids for the honor.

Skubal, who won the American League Cy Young Award last year, is joined by the Astros’ Hunter Brown and the Red Sox’s Garrett Crochet among this year’s AL finalists. The Phillies’ Cristopher Sánchez and the Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto are the National League finalists alongside Skenes, the 2024 NL Rookie of the Year.

The winners will be revealed Wednesday on MLB Network at 7 p.m. ET. Before we find out who won, here’s a look at each finalist’s Cy Young case.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Hunter Brown , RHP, Astros

Brown, 27, had the best season of his career and wa

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