With Clayton Kershaw moved to the 60-day disabled list in a procedural move, the ace will not pitch until at least August 27. He was in the midst of a historic season that was a sure path to a Cy Young, and perhaps some MVP award votes.

With Kershaw out, who will win the NL Cy Young?

Two contenders are pitching today: Madison Bumgarner and Kyle Hendricks. But do they have the best cases? Here's a look at the contenders.

The case for Stephen Strasburg: Great chance to win

• He has a 4.6 WAR, third among pitchers.

• He also leads the NL with 15 wins.

Best W-L by 20-Game Winner Since 1st Cy Young Awarded in 1956 W-L 1978 Ron Guidry* 25-3 2008 Cliff Lee* 22-3 2014 Clayton Kershaw* 21-3 2013 Max Scherzer* 21-3 2001 Roger Clemens* 20-3 1988 David Cone 20-3 *Won Cy Young

If Strasburg goes 5-1 or better in his remaining starts and reaches a 20-3 record, he’ll reach a mark that has led to Cy Young honors for five of six pitchers.

The wins aren’t unwarranted. Strasburg is in the top five among current NL pitchers in opponents' batting average, ERA and WHIP.

The case for Johnny Cueto: Efficiency

• He has four complete games, tied for most in the majors and a career high.

• He has thrown at least seven innings in 14 games this season, second to only Max Scherzer (15).

• He has a 5 percent walk rate, fifth in the National League.

The case for Bumgarner: consistency

• His 2.25 ERA is third in NL (behind Kershaw, Kyle Hendricks)

• He has 18 quality starts, tied for the most in the majors.

• He is fifth in the NL with a 1.03 WHIP.

• He is on pace for 259 strikeouts, which would be a career high.

• He is second in MLB with 155 2/3 innings pitched.

Bumgarner has received Cy Young votes in each of the past three seasons, but in none of those was his ERA below 2.75.

The case for Scherzer: empty basepaths

• His 198 strikeouts are most in the majors, including 20 Ks on May 11, most in a single game since Randy Johnson in 2001.

• He has four games with 10 strikeouts and no walks, second only to Kershaw in the NL.

• He has a 4.7 WAR, the most among pitchers.

• He is second in the majors with a .246 opponents' on-base percentage.

The case for Kyle Hendricks: ERA

• His 2.22 ERA is second in the NL behind Kershaw.

• His 9 percent hard-hit rate is second in the majors behind Kershaw.

• He has 18 starts of five innings pitched and three or fewer earned runs, tied with Scherzer and Jon Lester for second-most in the NL.

The case for Jake Arrieta: still barely hittable

• His .189 opponents' batting average is second in the NL.

• His .542 opponents' on-base plus slugging is second in the NL.

• His 1 percent home run rate is second in the NL.

In each, he's second to Clayton Kershaw.

Kershaw isn't completely out of the Cy Young race. He's still on the NL leaderboards, because he’s thrown 121 innings (more than his team’s games played). On August 20, the Dodgers will play their 122nd game, still seven days before Kershaw is eligible to return. At that point, Kershaw will no longer lead the NL in ERA, WHIP, K-BB or any other category, even if he did the day before.