Mets’ Jacob deGrom gets last chance to make case for Cy Young Award

New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom leads the majors with a 1.77 ERA. He’s just 9-9 this season and will take the mound for his final start of 2018 on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 (9/26/18) when he faces the Atlanta Braves at Citi Field. DeGrom will compete with Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer and Philadelphia Phillies ace Aaron Nola for the National League Cy Young Award.

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Mets ace Jacob deGrom gets one last chance to make his case for the 2018 National League Cy Young Award on Wednesday, when he takes the mound against against the Atlanta Braves at Citi Field.

DeGrom is just 9-9 this season, but he leads the majors with 1.77 ERA.

His main competition for the NL Cy Young Award are Nationals ace Max Scherzer and Phillies ace Aaron Nola.

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Scherzer struck out 10 Marlins batters on Tuesday night to become just the 17th player since 1900 to record at least 300 strikeouts in a single season.

Scherzer leads the National League with 18 wins and is third with a 2.53 ERA.

Nola anchored a Phillies club which contended for much of the year, before collapsing down the stretch.

He’s tied for fourth in the National League with 16 wins and is second with a 2.45 ERA.

Here’s more on deGrom’s start Wednesday, per the Associated Press:

Jacob deGrom will make the final start of what has been a remarkably consistent season that has him a favorite for the NL Cy Young Award. It also is the last chance for deGrom (9-9) to have a winning record and reach double digits in victories. The Mets right-hander’s win total likely would have made him an underdog for the Cy Young in previous decades, but voters are increasingly looking beyond win-loss record to numbers that are more within a pitcher’s control. And nobody has controlled opposing hitters like deGrom, who has a record 23 consecutive quality starts, 28 starts in a row allowing three runs or fewer and a 1.77 ERA. He is to face the NL East champion Braves and Sean Newcomb (12-9, 4.04 ERA), who will make his last start before the playoffs.

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