1. Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom received 29 of 30 possible first-place votes to win the NL Cy Young award on Wednesday. The lone writer to overlook deGrom was John Maffei of the San Diego Union-Tribune. He gave his first-place vote to Max Scherzer.
New York radio host Steve Somers had Maffei on his WFAN show following the announcement and it was a must-hear interview. Why? Because it lasted about three seconds. Somers wasted no time in making fun of Maffei and the writer responded by ending the interview literally as soon as it started.