AL Cy Young Award Rankings: Stacking Up Jake Peavy and the Top Contenders

The first month of the 2012 Major League Baseball season is over, so let us all sit back and entertain various "If the season ended today..." scenarios.

For example, who would win the American League Cy Young if the season ended today?

Good question. Jake Peavy is an outstanding candidate, and at this point we have to recognize Yu Darvish as a legit Cy Young contender. Very quietly, Felix Hernandez has looked a lot like the pitcher who won the AL Cy Young back in 2010.

Okay, we've established that there are several candidates for the award. Now all we have to do is rank them.

And away we go...

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