After finishing second in Rookie of the Year voting, Mets pitcher Kodai Senga came in seventh place in the Cy Young award results that were announced on Wednesday.

Kodai Senga. Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports

Senga received three third-place votes and three fourth-place votes, giving him 15 points total. Interestingly, he did not receive any fifth-place votes. He finished one spot behind former Met Zack Wheeler, while Padres southpaw Blake Snell ran away with the title honors. Snell received 28 of the 30 first-place votes, with both of the others coming in the second-place column. The remaining first-place votes went to Logan Webb and Zac Gallen, who finished second and third, respectively. Corbin Burnes was the eighth and last pitcher to receive votes.

Snell and Senga had the top two ERAs among qualified National League starters. Snell produced a sparkling 2.25 ERA, while Senga posted a 2.98 mark, making them the only two NL starters with ERAs below 3.00. Senga threw the fewest innings among the pitchers who received votes, however, and also posted a pedestrian 4.17 BB/9 (though his control improved throughout the course of the season).

Snell, who’s never exactly been a control artist, put up a 4.95 BB/9, which was actually the worst he’s had since his rookie year in 2016. But his K/9 was in the 11-12 range for the sixth straight season, and a .256 BABIP certainly didn’t hurt. Given the wide ERA gap between him and the rest of the league, it was essentially a given that he would take home the top prize. It’s Snell’s second career Cy Young award — the other of which came in the opposite league.

Justin Steele and Spencer Strider made perhaps the loudest noise to win the award throughout the season, among the non-winners. But both slipped near the end of the year, especially Strider, who despite a towering strikeout rate posted a 5.60 ERA in September/October. Webb and Gallen, who were more quietly effective throughout the season, ended up finishing above them.

With the Mets’ rotation in dire need of reinforcements for the 2024 season, they can at least take solace in the fact that they have Senga. Just one season into his MLB career, he’s proved that he can compete among the NL’s best hurlers, and that’s an asset that will be invaluable if New York has any hopes of competing.