Too soon to talk Cy Young for Tigers' Greene?

Shane Greene for Cy Young? So far, so good.

After Greene's eight-inning, three-hit outing in a 2-0 win Tuesday night at Pittsburgh, the new addition to the Detroit Tigers' rotation is tied for the American League lead with a 2-0 record and a 0.00 ERA, is second with a 0.50 WHIP and fourth with a .132 batting average allowed.

By comparison, the defending AL Cy Young winner, the Cleveland Indians' Corey Kluber, is 0-1 with a 2.63 ERA, a 0.95 WHIP and a .208 BA allowed.

But as excellent — and maybe surprising — as the 26-year-old Greene has been, you're probably thinking it's way, way too early to be talking Cy Young. Yes, it is. But we're not the first.

A month ago, espn.com's David Schoenfield had Greene at No. 5 on his list of sleeper candidates for the AL Cy Young Award -- as in this season's Kluber, "who seemingly came out of nowhere last season to beat out Felix Hernandez for the American League Cy Young Award."

On March 12, Schoenfield wrote of Greene: "He's the longest shot on the board. A marginal prospect entering 2014 — Baseball America rated him as the Yankees' No. 16 prospect — injuries in the rotation gave Greene a chance, and he performed well. His fastball averaged 93 mph, his slider was a swing-and-miss offering and he showcased a good cutter. His walk rate was a little high, and Derek Jeter didn't help his BABIP (batting average on balls in play) any, but if he improves his command and continues developing his changeup, breakout potential is there — and the Tigers may have stolen a good starter from the Yankees."

And now Greene has the benefit of Jose Iglesias playing shortstop behind him.

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The Tigers acquired Greene — who is 7-4 lifetime with a 3.14 ERA — in December, in a three-team trade that saw them send left-hander Robbie Ray and infielder Domingo Leyba to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks sent infielder Didi Gregorius to the Yankees.

And, hey, if we didn't just jinx Greene, maybe Schoenfield will be this year's Tim McCarver, who correctly predicted before the 2013 season that Max Scherzer would win the Cy Young, not Tigers teammate Justin Verlander.

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