The Baseball Writers Association of America announced the winners of the Cy Young Award for both leagues on Wednesday evening. The award winners are both two-time winners. Here is the best pitcher from the National League<\/p>\n
Jacob deGrom<\/a><\/strong> of the New York Mets<\/a> is the reigning, defending National League Cy Young winner. He finished the season with an 11-8 record and a 2.43 ERA in 32 starts. deGrom struck out 255 batters, which led the league and walked 44 batters.<\/p>\n deGrom won this year’s award with a close to a unanimous vote, he received 29 first-place votes. He barely beat out last year’s record-setting feat for least wins by a Cy Young award winner. He won last year and only had 10 wins. Jacob deGrom will look to win his third straight award in 2020 under new manager Carlos Beltran<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong> Randy Johnson<\/strong><\/a> was the last pitcher to win more than two Cy Youngs in a row when he won four straight from 1999-2002.<\/p>\n The Houston Astros Justin Verlander<\/a><\/strong> is now a two-time winner of the Cy Young award. He won the award in 2011 with the Detroit Tigers<\/a>. Verlander completed the regular season 21-6, with a 2.58 ERA and 300 strikeouts. He had a WHIP below 1.00 and pitched 223 innings. This season Verlander led all pitchers in WAR, wins, WHIP, innings pitched, and six other advanced metrics. He threw a no-hitter<\/a> against the Toronto Blue Jays<\/a>, the third of his career. Verlander also collected his 3,000 strikeout this season.<\/p>\nAmerican League<\/h3>\n