Just how good has Tarik Skubal been this season?

Everyone knows that Tarik Skubal won the AL Cy Young award last season and that this season he is the frontrunner to win the award again. But I don't think that people quite understand just how good Skubal has been this season. In this article, we are going to be breaking down just how good Tarik Skubal is and how far he is in front of every other pitcher in the American League. So, let's not waste any time and get right into it.

So far this season, Skubal has a 9-2 record, a 2.29 ERA, 0.87 WHIP, and 125 strikeouts. Now for those that don't understand just how good that is, he is second in wins, seventh in ERA, first in WHIP, and fourth in strikeouts. No other pitcher in the MLB rivals this amount of pure domination from the mound and it is showing here. Even though he isn't as impressive as his last season where he won the pitching Triple Crown, but he is still very clearly the best pitcher in the MLB.

As for the advanced statistics, Skubals controls them too. He is leading the league in FIP with a 2.11 and SO/BB with an incredible 9.62 strikeouts for every walk that he has. The next highest pitcher on the list is Zach Littell, with only 6.00 SO/BB. It is just insane how efficient and good Skubal has been these past two seasons, and these stats show it very clearly.

Earlier this season, Tarik Skubal had a start that I think perfectly sums up his season so far. On May 25 of this season, Skubal threw what is called a "Maddux" in the baseball world. A Maddux is where a pitcher throws a complete game shutout in under 100 pitches. Tarik Skubal threw 93 pitches, gave up two hits, and gave up zero runs. What is especially special about this is because his final pitch of the game was clocked at 103 mph, the fastest strikeout by any pitcher ever. Efficient, Effective. The motive of Tarik Skubal.

We know that Skubal will win the AL Cy Young award this season. This would make him just the seventh pitcher to win back-to-back Cy Young's in the history of the MLB. The run that Tarik Skubal is on is not ending either, it is just starting. He is still 28 years old and should be just hitting his prime in the upcoming seasons. There have been talks on the contract that he will get offered this offseason, and there have been rumors swirling upwards of $600 million. Skubal is the best pitcher in the MLB, and it will be fun to see where he goes next year.