2025 MLB Cy Young Odds Tracker
By Ian Jones
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- This page tracked the average odds to win the 2025 AL and NL Cy Young Awards
- Early favorites Tarik Skubal (AL) and Paul Skenes (NL) would go on to win their leagues’ 2025 Cy Young Awards
- Looking for the current MLB Cy Young Award odds?
This page tracked the odds to win the 2025 American League and National League Cy Young awards, which were awarded to the Detroit Tigers’ Tarik Skubal and the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Paul Skenes at the end of the 2025 MLB season. Both opened as favorites to win the award and dominated throughout the season; in fact, Skenes was a unanimous choice to win the NL Cy Young, while Skubal won his AL Cy Young with 94% of the vote.
The graphs below were created by collecting odds from our most-trusted online sportsbooks throughout the season and averaging them, to give a better sense of how close each pitcher came to winning the award..
American League / National League
2025 American League Cy Young Odds
AL Cy Young Award Race Timeline
- September 24 – Tarik Skubal is getting Cy Young odds as high as -20000 going into the final weekend of the season, with Garrett Crochet (+1000) and Hunter Brown (+12000) the only other contenders.
- September 12 – Stat heads will tell you the race is closer, but sportsbooks still have Tarik Skubal (-4000) well out in front of Garrett Crochet (+1600) to win the AL Cy Young award.
- July 17 – Skubal still tops the table, but Garrett Crochet is making some moves. The Red Sox ace is averaging 8.5 Ks in his last 5 starts and is now getting +240 to win the AL Cy Young.
- May 7 – Tarik Skubal is back at the top of the odds table. He’s now getting +250 after posting 19 Ks in his last two starts while giving up just one run.
- April 10 – The Mariners’ Logan Gilbert has seen his Cy Young odds shorten from +1080 to +612, after posting a 2.55 ERA and 25 Ks despite going 0-1 in three starts.
- February 26 – Fresh off his 2024 Cy Young win, the Detroit Tigers’ Tarik Skubal sits at +400 to be named the top AL pitcher in back-to-back season. He’s just ahead of the Red Sox’s Garrett Crochet (+600) and the Royals’ Cole Ragans (+900).
2025 National League Cy Young Odds
NL Cy Young Award Race Timeline
- September 24 – With an ERA currently at 1.97, Paul Skenes (-15000) has distanced himself from Cristopher Sanchez (+1400) and Freddy Peralta (+5000) for the NL Cy Young.
- September 12 – The NL Cy Young race is also coming down to two pitchers with comparable stats, and yet sportsbooks have Paul Skenes (-20000) well out in front of Cristopher Sanchez (+1600).
- July 17 – Coming out of the All-Star Break, it’s Zack Wheeler (-125), Paul Skenes (-105), and everybody else. The pair have distanced themselves from their Cy Young-contending contemporaries.
- May 7 – Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been dominant. Over the past month, the Dodgers’ big 2024 signing has won three and struck out 30 while giving up just one run. He’s now getting CY Young odds as short as +270.
- April 10 – Make room for Spencer Schwellenbach at the top of the odds table! The Braves righty’s ERA is still 0.00 after two starts and, with a WHIP at a league-best 0.286, is now averaging +733 to win the NL Cy Young.
- February 26 – Pirates’ sensation Paul Skenes, fresh off an ROY win in ’24, as a big favorite to win the National League Cy Young Award. Sitting at +300, he opens ahead of Zack Wheeler (+750) and 2024 NL Cy Young winner Chris Sale (+800).
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