The Sporting News' Matt Hayes thinks that Todd Jones should be this year's Cy Young Award winner in the American League, if things continue as they are. Yes, the same Todd Jones who has thrown all of 44.2 innings this season and done so with a 4.63 ERA. Hayes's reasoning: "He leads the majors in saves, and plays for the team (Detroit) with the best record in baseball -- and the best story in baseball."

CubsNet.com encourages Hayes to focus his time on the sport he covers: college football.

After yesterday's victory over the St. Louis Cardinals, completing an improbable four game sweep, Carlos Zambrano's name is firmly implanted Cy Young Award conversations. He has won nine straight decisions, moving his record to 12-3. The Cubs' last Cy Young Award winner was Greg Maddux in 1992. Let's briefly look at the possibility that Zambrano will join Maddux on that list: