The Indians pulled off a sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays this weekend, but there was an  important sub-text going on.

Saturday Cleveland beat AL Cy Young candidate Roy Halladay, and Sunday, Cy Young frontrunner Cliff Lee notched his 16^th win of the season over the Blue Jays.

Halladay threw an incredible 130 pitches in the Saturday loss, surrendering four runs on ten hits; his record 13-9 on the season with a 2.72 ERA.  He lasted six and two thirds.

Sunday, Cliff Lee threw 104 pitches, allowing nary a run on eight hits; his record?  16-2 on the season with a 2.45 ERA.

So, is the AL Cy Young decided? 

Of course not, but in the grand scheme of things, you’d have to say Lee was the one gaining a step on Halladay.

Lee has roughly nine more starts left on the season and needs four wins to hit the 20 win mark.  It appears like he and Brandon Webb are the two pitchers that might eclipse twenty.

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