scherzer was named the national league cy young award winner on november 16, 2016, winning his second cy young award on the strength of a 20–7 record, 2.96 era, mlb-leading 284 strikeouts, and an mlb-leading 0.968 whip. he became just the sixth pitcher in major league baseball history to win the award in both the american and the national leagues. he won two of the 2016 esurance mlb/this year in baseball awards: for best pitcher, and his 20-strikeout game was singled out for best performance.