Jacob deGrom Wins Second Straight Cy Young

Jacob deGrom has won the National League Cy Young award for the second straight season on Wednesday, joining an elite group of pitchers would have accomplished the feat.

He beat out Max Scherzer (again) and Hyun-Jin Ryu.

deGrom’s name is now included in the exclusive list of back-to-back Cy Young winners:

Sandy Koufax

Denny McLain

Jim Palmer

Pedro Martinez

Roger Clemens

Greg Maddux

Randy Johnson

Tim Lincecum

Clayton Kershaw

Max Scherzer

Take note — of these 10 men, five are in the Hall of Fame, two will eventually be enshrined, two have no shot, and one is a PED cheat. So as I wrote a couple of months ago, deGrom is on a path to Cooperstown.

So after an up and down season for the Mets, it has been a good…