Cleveland's Shane Bieber is getting hot during this short MLB season, and now he might be the front-runner to earn the Cy Young Award, the first one in his young career. He's even being considered an MVP candidate in the AL.
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During 6 of his 9 starts, Shane Bieber has 82 strikeouts, putting him in the lead of MLB pitchers who has the most strikeouts during his first 50 innings in the MLB. He's conquering the AL, and although Dallas Keuchel is dealing in the AL Central, all signs point to Bieber in acquiring his first Cy Young Award.
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This performance is outstanding, given that there hasn't been any stats of this matter since Red Sox's Pedro Martínez, a pitcher that got 10 strikeouts during a 6-game span.