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MLB Cy Young Award 2016: AL and NL Winners, Voting Results and Reaction

In two hotly contested races, Rick Porcello of the Boston Red Sox and Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals took home the American League and National League Cy Young Award on Wednesday.

Porcello beat out Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers and Corey Kluber of the Cleveland Indians. Verlander led all AL pitchers with 14 first-place votes, but the Red Sox right-hander had more points by virtue of Verlander being left entirely off two ballots.

Scherzer overcame stiff competition from Jon Lester and Kyle Hendricks of the Chicago Cubs.

Here are the full voting results for the 2016 Cy Young awards, per BBWAA.