Blogging Mets · Nov 13, 2019
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.