As the dog days of August begin, a pair of aces have separated themselves in the Cy Young race. Paul Skenes and Zack Wheeler have traded places for much of the season, with both All-Stars vying for th

As Paul Skenes began his outing against the American League East-leading Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night, he wasn’t wild about his four-seam fastball. “The first four-seamer I threw was terrible metrically,

While Skenes did sandwich an outing featuring six shutout innings between his two duds, the 23-year-old hurt his Cy Young odds after allowing four runs to the Colorado Rockies and Milwaukee Brewers, respectively. As a result, his ERA rose to 2.13, a minuscule, but non-historical number.