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Max Scherzer won the NL Cy Young Award on Wednesday night, becoming the first pitcher in Nationals’ history to win the honor, and only the sixth pitcher to win the award in both the NL and the AL.
Scherzer earned 25 of the 30 first-place votes available, which sealed up the award for him in convincing fashion, deservedly — the righty threw 228.1 innings in the 2016 season, posting a record of 20-7 with a 2.96 ERA and 284 strikeouts to earn the award.
Although Max Scherzer’s win was a little less -- let’s say — dramatic than the aftermath of the AL Cy Young Award announcement, Twitter was still pretty excited — here’s how everyone reacted.
The announcement:
.@Max_Scherzer is officially the first Cy Young Award winner in #Nats history ('05-pres).
— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) November 16, 2016
Congrats, #MadMax! pic.twitter.com/k8OIsX5LDm
Max Scherzer gets the news:
.@Max_Scherzer is living life right. On a boat, wins the #CyYoung, gets a champagne shower pic.twitter.com/7XgiAvQd1s
— Brody Logan (@BrodyLogan) November 16, 2016
(By the way, Max was on a freaking boat when he got the news. A BOAT.)
Bryce Harper reacts:
Congrats this guy on bringing home the Cy Young! Love playing and competing with you.Well deserved brotha #AuntTammy pic.twitter.com/jWynkRWv5B
— Bryce Harper (@Bharper3407) November 17, 2016
Erica May Scherzer reacts:
Words can't describe right now. So proud and so happy!! pic.twitter.com/Cmx6xU9OYK
— Erica May-Scherzer (@emaysway) November 17, 2016
(On a separate note, it appears that Max and Erica made up after their jersey-related spat.)
The competition reacts:
Hard to argue with that! Congrats to @Max_Scherzer on winning the NL Cy Young! You've won it enough now, time to let others have a turn .
— Jon Lester (@JLester34) November 17, 2016
Congrats to @Max_Scherzer on winning the NL Cy Young! Very deserving for a dominant year
— Kyle Hendricks (@kylehendricks28) November 17, 2016
F.P. Santangelo reacts:
Congrats @Max_Scherzer #stalking pic.twitter.com/feG5DTjN2v
— F.P. Santangelo (@FightinHydrant) November 16, 2016
Other sports teams react:
@Nationals Well deserved. Congrats, @Max_Scherzer!
— Washington Redskins (@Redskins) November 16, 2016
The fans react:
Dusty Baker will step in and end Max Scherzer's Cy Young speech two thirds of the way through.
— Half St Heart Blog (@HalfStreetHeart) November 16, 2016
MAX pic.twitter.com/xETHzCXlLa
— JWerth's Beard (@JWerthsBeard) November 16, 2016
@JWerthsBeard my fave scherzer moment last season pic.twitter.com/UqHHLPFEhK
— Julia M. Payne (@jmpayne24) November 17, 2016