Many believe the Cy Young Award is Jacob deGrom’s to lose. His irresistibly-low ERA is impossible to ignore.
But if the Marlins had a say in the matter, they’d likely cast their vote for Max Scherzer, who has carved them up all season and did so again on Tuesday in the National’s 9-4 victory.
With his latest lockdown job on them, Scherzer became the second pitcher to post five wins in a season against the Marlins, improving to 5-0 in their head-to-head meetings. The Mets’ R.A. Dickey also went 5-0 against the Marlins in 2012. Dickey won the Cy Young that year.