For the first time all season, New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom got some huge numbers to support him.
And that number would be the votes when the he won his first ever Cy Young Award yesterday.
DeGrom received 29 first-place votes and 207-points in voting announced Wednesday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Washington's Max Scherzer got the other first-place vote and finished second while seeking a third straight Cy Young and fourth overall.
"I want to thank the Baseball Writers for this honor," deGrom said. "I'm extremely humbled to win this award along with some other great former Mets such as Tom Seaver, Dwight Gooden and R.A. Dickey. I'd especially like to thank my teammates, coaching staff and my family."
A ninth-round pick of the Mets in 2010 and a former Rookie of the Year, deGrom's major-league-leading 1.70 ERA was two-thirds of a run lower than the next closest NL hurler, Philadelphia's Aaron Nola (2.37), and the second best by any starter this century.
And the only reason that ERA didn’t translate into more wins is because the Mets were beyond abysmal, putting up runs on the board when deGrom took the mound. In fact, over one stretch late in the season, the Mets totaled 10 runs over seven of deGrom's outings—four of which deGrom drove in himself.
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