The Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced the finalists for MLB’s major awards Monday evening. Phillies starter Aaron Nola was named a finalist for the National League Cy Young award along with Max Scherzer of the Nationals and Jacob deGrom of the Mets. The winner of the award will be announced Nov. 14.
Nola is the first homegrown Phillie to be named a finalist for the award, as noted by Matt Breen of Philly.com. Cole Hamels received Cy Young votes four times but never finished higher than fifth in the voting.
In 33 starts, Nola had a 2.