Is Paul Skenes the best pitcher in the MLB?

Paul Skenes recently was named the starting pitcher for the National League in the All-Star Game, which means he is regarded as the best starting pitcher in the NL. With this, people can't help but ask: Is Paul Skenes the best starting pitcher in baseball?

This season, Skenes has a 6-1 record with a league leading 1.93 ERA. The only problem is that he doesn't have enough innings pitched yet to be considered the actual league leader. He also has an incredible 0.87 WHIP, a 3.2 WAR, and a 11.7 K/9. These statistics in the small sample size of only 12 games, makes what he's doing even better. Skenes definitely can be the best pitcher in baseball, so let's look at his top competition.

Tarik Skubal is the frontrunner for the American League Cy Young and for a good reason. He has an 11-3 record, a 2.34 ERA and a 0.92 WHIP. In those stats, he's fourth in wins, second in earned run average, third in strikeouts, and second in WHIP. Skubal is very good, and him Skenes are probaly the one-two in the league, regardless of what order you think they should be. But now, we're going to prove who is the better pitcher.

Tarik Skubal is the best pitcher in the league as of now. Now, in four months time after the season is over, the tide might change towards Paul Skenes. But, Skubal has around the same statistics as Skenes in nearly double the sample size of games. Also, we doubt Skenes can keep a sub 2 ERA for the rest of the season. Either way, we are going to enjoy watching this pitching duel in the next coming seasons.