And the National League Cy Young Winner is.....

Well I know who it won't be due to the Cubs 37-57 record, but Carlos Zambrano. He was 0-2 in April with a 5.35 ERA. Since then he has only lost one game. His highest ERA since then was this current month which is at 3.81, despite his 4-0 record for the month. He is currently 10-3 with a 3.11 ERA, and 141 Strike Outs. (#1 in the NL) and 76 Walks (#1 in the NL) He has been the one bright spot in the Cub's pitching staff and with a season as rancid as this one has turned out, he's provided the hope of watching something in the train wreck season which sparkles.
In yesterday's 4-1 win over the Astros, Zambrano pitched eight innings of one run baseball, struck out 10 batters and walked 4. He at one point with no outs in the inning walked two consecutive batters, threw a wild pitch advancing them to 2nd and 3rd and preceded to strike out the next two and a harmless grounder got him out of the inning. When asked about his wreckless style he said "When you're in a car and you're the driver, you know what to do," Zambrano said. "You go 100 mph in Venezuela -- you know what to do. The people in the passenger seat can be scared, but the guy who is driving the car is not scared because he's the guy. Same way on the mound -- I know that I have the ball and I know that I have confidence in my pitches. If I locate good pitches, they will not hit the ball."
Carlos Zambrano won't win the Cy Young because he's on a losing team. Right now with the NL Cy Young race is pretty wide open and Zambrano's stats match up with the top contenders, easily. He's won seven straight decisions, and his emotional style of pitching is entertaining to watch and in my mind a welcome change. Its good to see a pitcher on a team 2o games below .500 go out and want to win so bad. Yes his emotions run him into messes sometimes, but at the same time he pitches himself out of messes as well. In a season where Kerry Wood and Mark Prior have been on the DL for the majority of the season, Greg Maddux has collapsed since April, and the rest of the staff has been inconsitent, Zambrano has went out to win and at least since April, he's done just that win.