Yankee righty Gerrit Cole is going to win the award - and the voters likely owe him two statues, so that s just fine. But Lopez and the Rays Zach Eflin were both better.
Bobby Witt Jr., Kyle Tucker, Adley Rutschman, Gunnar Henderson, Julio Rodriguez and Cal Raleigh are all 26 or younger and should receive down-ballot support.
The Padres Blake Snell seems to be emerging as the mainstream consensus favorite, but he stands behind Strider, Wheeler and a pair of Brewers according to this method.