Jacob deGrom, the sensational right-handed flame thrower who has anchored the Mets’ rotation over the past few years, won his second Cy Young Award based on the merits of his fantastic 2019 season.

The Florida native was excellent all season long, posting a 2.43 ERA and an 11-8 record along with 255 strikeouts.

Despite his mediocre win-loss record, which was the result of a Mets offense that simply couldn’t provide him with much run support, the lanky righty was dominant in nearly every start of the year. His upper-90s fastball with a devastating slider is simply too much for most batters to handle.

With his win, deGrom became the seventh pitcher in the history of the National League to take home the award in consecutive seasons. The last pitcher to do so was Max Scherzer, who won the award in the 2016 and 2017 seasons with the Washington Nationals.

deGrom is the second Mets player to have been awarded a trophy from the BBWAA this week, as teammate Pete Alonso won the NL Rookie of the Year Award on Monday.

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Alonso was the biggest bright spot of the Mets’ disappointing 2019 campaign, smashing 53 home runs and driving in 120 runs in a campaign that finished as one of the best for a rookie in the history of the league.

The Florida native’s mark of 53 long balls is the new record for the most home runs hit in a season by a first-year player. He didn’t only hit for power, though, also posting a .260 average and a .358 on-base percentage that turned him into one of the best hitters in baseball in 2019.

Alonso beat out the Braves’ Mike Soroka and the Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr., the other two finalists, to win the award. He was the near-unanimous winner of the award, receiving 29 first-place votes to Soroka’s one.

The affable “Polar Bear” is expected to continue to produce for the Mets in 2019 as they look to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2016 season.

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Jacob deGrom, the sensational right-handed flame thrower who has anchored the Mets’ rotation over the past few years, won his second Cy Young Award based on the merits of his fantastic 2019 season.

The Florida native was excellent all season long, posting a 2.43 ERA and an 11-8 record along with 255 strikeouts.

Despite his mediocre win-loss record, which was the result of a Mets offense that simply couldn’t provide him with much run support, the lanky righty was dominant in nearly every start of the year. His upper-90s fastball with a devastating slider is simply too much for most batters to handle.

With his win, deGrom became the seventh pitcher in the history of the National League to take home the award in consecutive seasons. The last pitcher to do so was Max Scherzer, who won the award in the 2016 and 2017 seasons with the Washington Nationals.

deGrom is the second Mets player to have been awarded a trophy from the BBWAA this week, as teammate Pete Alonso won the NL Rookie of the Year Award on Monday.

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Alonso was the biggest bright spot of the Mets’ disappointing 2019 campaign, smashing 53 home runs and driving in 120 runs in a campaign that finished as one of the best for a rookie in the history of the league.

The Florida native’s mark of 53 long balls is the new record for the most home runs hit in a season by a first-year player. He didn’t only hit for power, though, also posting a .260 average and a .358 on-base percentage that turned him into one of the best hitters in baseball in 2019.

Alonso beat out the Braves’ Mike Soroka and the Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr., the other two finalists, to win the award. He was the near-unanimous winner of the award, receiving 29 first-place votes to Soroka’s one.

The affable “Polar Bear” is expected to continue to produce for the Mets in 2019 as they look to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2016 season.

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