From Ken Rosenthal. ] 4. No one deserves the NL Cy Young Award. An uninspired race in a pathetic league. Dodgers right-hander Brad Penny leads the NL with 16 wins, but half the time his manager and teammates want to wring his neck. Cardinals right-hander Chris Carpenter and Diamondbacks right-hander Brandon Webb are more legitimate candidates, but not terribly exciting. Padres closer Trevor Hoffman? For heaven's sake, he has pitched only 54 innings. Carpenter, 14-6, leads the league with a 2.84 ERA. Webb, 15-6, is second at 3.00. Either would look more presentable if he reached 17 wins. Pedro Martinez won the award with 17 in 1997 and Randy Johnson did the same in '99. As for ERAs, keep in mind that Steve Carlton in 1982 was the last NL Cy Young winner with an ERA over 3.00 � and he won 23 games and pitched 295 2/3 innings. Just slightly more credible than the current crop of N.L. candidates this is from a few days ago.