LOS ANGELES — Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw was the runner-up in National League Cy Young Award voting, finishing second to Nationals starter Max Scherzer in results announced Wednesday by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
Kershaw received three first-place votes, 25 second-place votes and 126 total points, with Scherzer capturing 27 first-place tallies and 126 total points. Scherzer’s Washington teammate Stephen Strasburg finished in third place.
Each Cy Young ballot is five names deep, with points awarded on a 7-4-3-2-1 basis.
Kenley Jansen finished in fifth place this season, with Alex Wood tied for ninth place with a single fifth-place vote.