Jovani Moran also struggled in last night’s game, and it’ll be his last Red Sox appearance for a while. The reliever was demoted to Worcester after the game, with Brennan Bernardino getting the call back up to the show. Bernardino threw four innings in his brief stint down the pike, allowing one run. (Christopher Smith, MassLive)

In his first season with the Red Sox, Crochet is 13-5 (most wins in the AL) with a big league-high 159⅓ innings, 196 strikeouts (most in the AL), and a 2.43 ERA (just behind Skubal’s 2.42).

Tarik Skubal of the Detroit Tigers won the 2024 AL Cy Young Award, and now, in 2025, he's poised to be one of the top candidates once again for the Cy Young Award.

Leader trend: Judge has come back to the pack a little but in terms of the AXE standings, the only thing he has relinquished is the top overall spot across the majors -- and baseball doesn't give out a Platinum MVP trophy. (Though maybe it should?)

Last season, Detroit Tigers’ ace Tarik Skubal won the AL Cy Young Award resoundingly, nabbing a rare pitching triple crown. This year, the contest is a little tighter.

Ahead of their highly anticipated matchup, Brown shared high praise for Skubal, but also believes the Astros' lineup can hit the Tigers' pitcher. It won't be easy. Skubal is dominant, and the Astros' offense has struggled lately.

Paul Skenes may very well be the first (?) to win the NL Cy Young Award with a losing record. He’s 7-9 with 2.13 ERA, 5.7bwar/4.7 fWAR. After leading all NL pitchers in bWAR for essentially the whole season,

With low ERAs essentially the only thing either Eovaldi or Crochet had over Skubal, he has gained an edge in this year's AL Cy Young battle. The 2024 Triple Crown winner is pacing the league in WAR at 5.6 in what may be an even more dominant campaign than his superb 2024 season.