This year’s AL Cy Young award race will feature several elite pitchers. Gerrit Cole won this award last year, but he will face some stiff competition from contenders across the American League. Here, we will look at the current favorites to win the Cy Young in the American League, and we will make our MLB betting picks for this year’s award.
2024 AL Cy Young Award Odds
| Player |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Cole
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+440 | +500 | +550 | +500 | +500 |
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Gausman
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+650 | +650 | +700 | +700 | +700 |
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Valdez
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+750 | +850 | +1000 | +750 | +1000 |
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Burnes
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+1100 | +900 | +1000 | +1000 | +1000 |
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Lopez
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+1200 | +1100 | +1000 | +1200 | +1000 |
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Castillo
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+1300 | +1100 | +1200 | +1300 | +1200 |
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Skubal
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+1700 | +1800 | +1600 | +1600 | +2200 |
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Kirby
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+1800 | +1600 | +2000 | +1600 | +1300 |
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Cease
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+2500 | +2000 | +2800 | +2500 | +3000 |
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Gilbert
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+2500 | +2500 | +2500 | +2500 | +2500 |
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Ragans
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+2700 | +2000 | +3000 | +2800 | +2500 |
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Eovaldi
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+3000 | +3000 | +4500 | +3000 | +4000 |
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Bieber
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+3000 | +3000 | +3500 | +3000 | +5000 |
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Eflin
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+3000 | +3000 | +4000 | +3500 | +2700 |
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Bradish
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+3100 | +3500 | +5000 | +3000 | +7000 |
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Verlander
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+3200 | +3500 | +4000 | +3000 | +5000 |
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Rodon
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+4000 | +6000 | +6500 | ||
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Rodriguez
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+4000 | +2500 | +2500 | +3000 | +3000 |
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Ryan
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+4600 | +4000 | +3500 | +4500 | +4500 |
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Bassitt
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+5500 | +5000 | +7500 | +5500 | +6500 |
AL CY YOUNG HANDICAPPING
Tarik Skubal, Detroit Tigers
The favorite to win the AL Cy Young award is Tarik Skubal of the Detroit Tigers. Skubal has been brilliant Detroit team that has only been close to the .500 mark this season thanks to his contributions. If Skubal can continue to avoid losses and keep his team in a position to win games, he could be a shocking winner of this award in 2024, as he was not expected to do this going into the season.
Emmanuel Clase, Cleveland Guardians
It is always fun when a closer is in the mix for a Cy Young award and Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase is in the mix for the 2024 award. He has saved well over 40 games for the Guardians this season and has an ERA under 1.00 for the year. While he probably won’t win this award, he certainly deserves recognition for putting together such a good year for a Cleveland team that will hope to make some noise in the playoffs.
Other AL Cy Young Contenders
Outside of the top-two names listed above, there aren’t any pitchers with a real shot to win the AL Cy Young this season. Pitchers like Seth Lugo of the Kansas City Royals, Corbin Burnes of the Baltimore Orioles, and Logan Gilbert of the Seattle Mariners are among those who deserve some credit for the seasons they have had. But those men, and the rest of the pitchers in the American League, are likely to fall short of Skubal.
Who Wins the AL Cy Young Award?
Our best bet to win the AL Cy Young Award is Tarik Skubal. We did not expect Skubal to outlast pitchers like Burnes, who was one of the preseason favorites to win this honor. But it looks like Skubal has accomplished just that and the Tigers ace deserves all of the credit in the world for pulling off a seemingly impossible task.
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