Fitzgerald has fallen off a cliff, he shouldn't be in the conversation.
There should be a pitching ROY and an offensive ROY. MLB loves to give out awards, why are they still combined?
If Chourio keeps this up, and Merrill finishes slow, I can see Chourio beating Merrill, but I think Merrill has to slow down a lot to be passed.
As far as Skenes goes, he is upper level talented, I mean, we are probably looking at a guy who could win multiple Cy Youngs in the coming years. The only thing slowing him down is pitching for the Pirates, but I think things in Pittsburgh are about to start looking up in the next few years. They have a young pitching staff with a bunch of young guys on the cusp of being in their rotation. Add Bubba Chandler and Jones to that mix along with Ortiz and they have the makings of a dominant future rotation.
If Skenes finishes the season, I think he wins it, If they start limiting him or shutting him down, he shouldn't win it.
That leaves Merrill and Chourio to fight it out.