New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom was the landslide winner of the National League Cy Young Award when the results were announced on Wednesday night.
Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals finished second in the voting and Phillies ace Aaron Nola placed third.
DeGrom received 29 of a possible 30 first-place votes from members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Scherzer, a three-time Cy Young winner, received one first-place vote.
Nola received 27 third-place votes, two fourth-place votes and one fifth-place vote to easily outdistance Colorado's Kyle Freeland, the fourth-place finisher in the NL.
DeGrom, 30, had just 10 wins, fewest ever by a Cy Young-winning starting pitcher in a full season, for a Mets club that finished eight games under .500. However, he led the majors with a brilliant 1.70 ERA.
Nola, 25, was the Phillies' first-round draft pick in 2014. He blossomed into an ace in his fourth season in the majors in 2018. He finished second in the NL in ERA (2.37) and third in innings (212 1/3) and WHIP (0.97).
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Scherzer, 34, led the majors in innings (220 2/3) and strikeouts (300) in 2018 while recording a 2.53 ERA, the second best of his career.
Nola became the first Phillie to finish in the top 10 of the NL Cy Young voting since Cole Hamels placed sixth in 2014. The last Phillies to finish in the top three were Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee, who finished second and third, respectively, in 2011. Halladay won the award in 2010.
Tampa Bay's Blake Snell won the American League Award over Houston's Justin Verlander and Cleveland's Corey Kluber.
Here's the breakdown of the National League voting, courtesy of BBWAA.com:
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