MLB Cy Young Ladder: Tanner Houck is anchoring a Red Sox playoff push with career year

The Boston Red Sox entered the season with bottom-10 odds to make the playoffs. But after more than two months of play, they’re in the thick of the AL wild card race thanks to a pitching staff with the league’s fifth-best ERA.

At the top of that rotation has been Tanner Houck, who holds a 2.14 ERA, 0.97 WHIP and good Cy Young value in a breakout season. Those +800 odds won’t stay so high if he keeps it up. According to J.P. Long, Houck is the only pitcher in the Live Ball Era to record an ERA of 2.25 or lower...