For the second consecutive season, Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom has been named the best pitcher in the National League.

DeGrom beat out the Nationals' Max Scherzer and the Dodgers' Hyun-Jin Ryu to take home the award.

DeGrom went 11-8 in 2019 with a 2.43 ERA and a National League-high 255 strikeouts. It was an impressive year that followed up an even more masterful season in 2018, where he posted a 1.70 ERA with 269 strikeouts.

 

He becomes just the second Mets pitcher to win multiple Cy Young awards alongside Tom Seaver, who won three. It's the seventh-total Cy Young to go to a Mets pitcher.

It is just the 11th time in Major League Baseball history a pitcher took home the prestigious honor in back-to-back seasons.

DeGrom garnered 29 of the 30 first-place votes, with one vote going to Ryu.