Max Scherzer: "This one is special."
Ex-Tiger Max Scherzer continues to dazzle.
For the second year in a row, Scherzer has won the Cy Young Award for the National League playing for the Washington Nationals. He was 16-6 with an ERA of 2.51 in 2017.
Scherzer, 33, was a Tiger from 2010-14 before heading to the Nationals. He won his first Cy Young in 2013 while with the Tigers.
Chelsea Janes of The Washington Post reports:
Scherzer has won two Cy Youngs in the first three years of his seven-year contract with the Nationals and three overall (he won the AL Cy Young in 2013 while with Detroit). He became the sixth pitcher to win the award in both leagues when he earned last year’s honor. Wednesday, he became the 10th pitcher to win at least three. Of the other nine, only Roger Clemens and the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw, who finished second in this year’s voting, are not in the Hall of Fame.
"This one is special. When you start talking about winning it three times, I can’t even comprehend it at this point," Scherzer said. "It’s such an unbelievable feeling, unbelievable moment, you probably can’t even process it until a year later."
