Blake Snell, Zac Gallen, Logan Webb headline interesting NL Cy Young Award race

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Two National League pitchers are first-time Cy Young Award candidates going against a previous winner.

All three finalists pitch in the National League West.

Here's a look at the finalists for the award. 

The winner will be announced Wednesday night.

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Blake Snell, Zac Gallen and Logan Webb (Getty Images)

Snell is the only pitcher among the three to be a previous finalist for the award. Snell won the honor in the American League in 2018 with the Tampa Bay Rays. If he wins, he'd be the 21st pitcher to win multiple Cy Young Awards and just the seventh to win in both leagues.

Of the 16 winners of multiple Cy Young awards who are Hall of Fame eligible, 11 have plaques in Cooperstown. And one of them, Roger Clemens, has been denied enshrinement due to his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs. 

Snell had a funky season. His 2.25 ERA was, by far, the lowest mark in the majors. However, he walked 99, the most in baseball. He also had the lowest number of innings pitched among the three finalists, but he was wildly effective and practically unhittable. 

On May 19, he allowed six earned runs in four innings, raising his ERA to 5.40. But in his final 23 outings, he allowed just 18 earned in 135 innings, good for a 1.20 ERA over that span. His 234 strikeouts were a career high and tied for the third-highest mark in baseball (second in NL). And his 11.7 K/9 was the second-highest in baseball behind Atlanta's Spencer Strider.

Snell is a free agent. 

Blake Snell of the San Diego Padres pitches during the first inning against the New York Mets at Citi Field April 12, 2023, in the Flushing