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New York Mets RHP Jacob Degrom has won the 2019 National League Cy Young award. Degrom won in a landslide, getting 29 of the 30 first place votes. Dodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu got the other first place vote and finished in second, tying with Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer. Degrom went 11-8 with a 2.43 ERA in 2019, and it is the 4th time that Degrom has been in the top 10 in Cy Young voting in his 6 year career. Degrom is the first Mets pitcher to win in back to back seasons, and the 20th in MLB history to win multiple Cy Youngs.
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Houston Astros RHP Justin Verlander has won the 2019 American League Cy Young award. He received 17 first place votes, beating out fellow teammate Gerrit Cole by 4 first place votes and 12 total points. The Rays' Charlie Morton came in 3rd, a former teammate of both Cole and Verlander. Morton didn't get a single first or second place vote. This is his second time winning the award, with his first coming back in 2011 when he was a member of the Detroit Tigers. Verlander led baseball with 21 wins in 223 innings pitched in 2019.
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