Scherzer Putting Together MVP-Type Season For Nationals

By Matt Citak
Winning a Most Valuable Player Award is quite an impressive feat. By definition, the award is given to the most outstanding player from each league.
Since the award was created in 1931, only 25 pitchers have received the honor. The most recent National League pitcher to take home the title of MVP was Clayton Kershaw in 2014, while Justin Verlander was the last to do it in the American League in 2011.
Prior to Verlander receiving the award, no pitcher had won the MVP award since Den