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As well as winning the 2011 AL Cy Young Award, Justin Verlander likewise brought back home the distinctions in 2019 for the Astros. Beyond those two events, he's had a few narrow escapes. He's done inside the best five on six distinct events, with three of those arrival him in runner up.

Despite the fact that Shane McClanahan of the Tampa Bay Rays presently possesses the most obvious opportunity to win the honor with +160 chances (bet $100 to win $160), as per Vegas Insider, JV is right behind him at +210. While taking a gander at the remainder of the field, it seems to be a two-pitcher race since Dylan Cease is third with +800 chances.

While McClanahan right now has an edge on Verlander in ERA (1.76) and strikeout rate (35.4%), the veteran as of now has the 25-year-old beat in fWAR (3.5 to 3.2) and wins (14 to 10, despite the fact that we as a whole know that is not a colossal arrangement any longer).

However, the meaning of a third Cy Young Award would be monstrous for Verlander with respect to his general heritage in the game.

Ten beginning pitchers have won at least three Cy Young Awards during their individual vocations: Roger Clemens (seven), Randy Johnson (five), Greg Maddux (four), Steve Carlton (four), Max Scherzer (three), Clayton Kershaw (three), Pedro Martinez (three), Jim Palmer (three), Tom Seaver (three), and Sandy Koufax (three).

Verlander's range of strength is one of a kind among throwers in MLB history
While the quantity of Cy Young Awards is critical, we additionally shouldn't disregard the range of time between the first and last triumphs. On the off chance that we utilize similar rundown of throwers with something like three of these things, we'll see that the greater part brought back home the equipment over a little period that filled in as their pinnacle. A couple of spread it out: