A CUP of JOE in the SHOW report #159...the NL CY Young is between GIO, R.A., and Johhny...All Three with 19 or more Wins and All Three in the Top 10 in the NL in Key Categories

Then there were Three as in the Nats Left Side of the Potomac 2-Pack Gio Gonzalez aka G2, Johhny Cueto of the Red Legs, and the Amazins' Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey.

Dickey wins his 20th earlier Today and G2 goes for his NL League Leading 21st Win Tonight vs the Phightin' Phils.  Cueto will go Sunday in Pittsburgh and for his 20th Win as well. It looks like R.A. will get one more Start, Cueto goes Sunday vs Buccos, and Gio might squeeze another Start in but it would have to be on Shorts Days Rest.

Let's compare the Numbers of the Three....

Wins: G2 (20), R.A. (20), Cueto (19)

ERA: G2 (2.84) R.A. (2.69), Cueto (2.83)

K's: G2 (201) R.A. (222), Cueto (164)

WHIP (Hits plus Walks allowed Divided by Innings Pitched) the Lower the Better
G2 (1.12), R.A. (1.05), Cueto ( 1.18)

Dickey is 1st in Wins, 2nd in ERA, 1st in Strikeouts, and 3rd in WHIP in NL....  

G2 is 1st in Wins, 6th in ERA, 4th in Strikeouts, and 6th in WHIP in NL....

Cueto is 2nd in Wins, 5th in ERA, 19th in Strikeouts, and 12th in WHIP in NL...

If you had to make a Case it would probably go to Dickey who has been a little more Dominant on a Bad Team but Gio is right there. As for Cueto he would most likely get 3rd behind both of them.

Note: Numbers from MLB.com