ERA 0.009th Super Battle! Scoobull vs. Crochet, which of the two left-handers will win the AL Cy Young Award? It's hot
Jul 21, 2025
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Detroit Tigers Tarik Scubal and Boston Red Sox Garrett Crochet pitched side by side in their first appearance in the second half, making it difficult to predict the AL Cy Young Award.
First of all, Scubal, the winner of last year's AL Cy Young Award, started the away game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field on the 21st (Korea time), giving up four hits and striking out 11 in six ⅔ innings, blocking one run. Although he did not become a winning pitcher, Detroit, with his pitching ahead, won 2-1 and was the first to reach the 60th win (40 losses) mark, leading the AL Central.
Scubal, who slightly slowed down by giving up four hits and four runs in five innings against the Seattle Mariners on the 12th, his last appearance in the first half, pitched well in his first appearance in the second half to lower his ERA to 2.19.
As a result, Scubal ranked third in AL multiple wins, first in ERA, second in strikeouts (164), second in pitching innings (127 ⅔), first in WHIP (0.81) and second in hit rate (0.192).
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Crochet, who won the shutout against the Tampa Bay Rays on the 13th, his last appearance in the first half, showed off his powerful pitching in his first appearance in the second half, throwing 135 ⅓ innings in 21 games of the season, recording 11 wins, 4 losses with a 2.19 ERA and 165 strikeouts. He ranks second in the AL ERA and first in strikeouts and pitching innings. However, the difference in ERA is only 0.009.
In a mock vote of 49 MLB.com experts on the 10th, Skubal received the first-place vote from 47 people, overwhelmingly ranking first, but Crochet is likely to have narrowed the gap by catching two games with ace-like pitching.
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Scubal didn't give up a walk. This season's 16 walks is the lowest among 63 players who passed the regular innings. The strikeout rate against walks is 10.25, raising the possibility of marking the fourth double-digit mark since 1900. The all-time ranking in this category is in the order of Phil Hughes (11.63), Brett Saberhagen (11.00) in 1994, and Cliffy (10.28), in 2010.
After allowing Corey Seager a left-handed double after one out in the bottom of the first inning, he struck out Marcus Simien and Adolis Garcia in a row and handed over no runs. Scubal, who handled the second and third innings with three consecutive outs, allowed Seager, the leadoff hitter, to hit the middle in the fourth inning with a 1-0 lead, but continued to pitch scoreless by putting Simien, Garcia, and Kyle Higashioka to bed.
Scubal, who stopped the fifth and sixth innings with three outs again, allowed one run in the seventh inning. After 1st base, he got consecutive hits from Garcia and Higashioka and was driven to the first and third bases, struck out Jonah Heim and went down the mound. Tyler Holton, who took the mound, then threw a wild pitch, and Garcia, who sent Scubal out, homered and tied the score 1-1.
However, Detroit took the lead again 2-1 with Matt Bearing's timely hit with two outs and runners on first and second in the top of the eighth inning and eventually kept the victory.
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Crochet, who threw 100 pitches, hit a maximum fastball speed of 98.6 miles and an average of 96.9 miles. Of the 32 fastballs, 14 were swings and misses by Cubs batters. The swing and miss rate is 50 percent.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
