CHICAGO -- A rare, late season matchup of Cy Young favorites takes place Tuesday night at Guaranteed Rate Field when Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander takes on White Sox righty Dylan Cease.
"This is like when I was a kid," Astros manager Dusty Baker said Monday afternoon.
Coming into the night, Verlander is a minus-175 favorite to win his third Cy Young award while Cease has the second shortest odds at plus-275, according to Caesars Sportsbook.
Verlander was asked about Cease competing for the Cy Young award after not being chosen for the All-Star Game this year.
"Cy Young is much more important than All-Star, in the scheme of things," Verlander said.
His opponent Tuesday was 10 years old when Verlander debuted in 2005.
"I don't think you get a lot of moments like this, where you get two guys having great years like this, to match up," Verlander said
In the series opener Monday night, Yoan Moncada hit a tiebreaking two-run single in Chicago's four-run eighth inning, and the White Sox doubled up the Astros 4-2 for their fourth straight win
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