Blake Snell of the Tampa Bay Rays is the A.L.s top pitcher
Blake Snell and Jacob deGrom have become first-time winners of the Cy Young Award in Major League Baseball..
Snell was 21-5 with a 1.89 ERA and 221 strikeouts in 180 2/3 innings for the Rays.
The left-hander claimed the American League Cy Young Award by pacing the majors in victories and posting the AL's top earned run average.
Houston's Justin Verlander was second to Snell in the balloting after leading the AL with 290 strikeouts and going 16-9 with a 2.52 ERA.
Indians ace Corey Kluber was a distant third in the balloting despite a 20-win season.
DeGrom took National League honours after going 10-9 with 269 strikeouts and a major league-leading 1.70 ERA for the Mets.
He finished the season with 29 consecutive starts of allowing three runs or fewer, shattering the previous major league-record streak of 26.
Although deGrom's victory total is the lowest for any starter in his Cy Young season, he captured 29 of 30 first-place votes and 207 points to easily outdistance Washington ace Max Scherzer.
DeGrom is the fourth Met to win the award, joining Tom Seaver, Dwight Gooden and R.A. Dickey.