Jacob deGrom Ranked 10th on MLB Network's "Top 100 Players Right Now!"

JACOB DEGROM RANKED 10^TH ON MLB NETWORK’STOP 100 PLAYERS RIGHT NOW! COUNTDOWN

February 15, 2019 – New York Mets right-handed pitcher Jacob deGrom was ranked 10^th on MLB Network’s annual Top 100 Players Right Now! program last night, which ranks the best players in Major League Baseball. deGrom finished one spot ahead of the Boston Red Sox’s J.D. Martinezand one spot behind the Cleveland Indians’ José Ramírez.

Six members of the Mets were featured on MLB Network’s Top 100 Players Right Now! series this year. In addition to deGrom, Edwin Díazranked 52^nd, Robinson Canó ranked 54^th, Brandon Nimmo ranked 55^th, Michael Conforto ranked 60^th and Noah Syndergaard ranked 79^th.

Hosted by MLB Network’s Greg Amsinger, alongside Ron Darling and Mark DeRosa, the six-part series across three nights counted down the top players based on player performance over the past several seasons, with an emphasis on 2018 and projected 2019 performance. Base-running, defensive value and award finishes were all taken into account when evaluating players, including those returning from injury. Top 100 Players Right Now!featured a cumulative 219 All-Stars, 38 Gold Glove Awards, 29 World Series championships, 14 MVP Awards, 13 Cy Young Awards, seven batting championships, six #1 overall picks in the MLB Draft and three Roberto Clemente Awards.

On last night’s live countdown, MLB Network analyst and 1986 New York Mets World Series champion Ron Darling said of deGrom, “He just had one of the most magical years I have ever seen. Number one and two in almost every major category. I was lucky enough to be able to sit and watch the great Dwight Gooden in 1985 pitch what I thought was the best season I’ve ever seen. I know it’s apples and oranges - that was right up there. … Fourteen starts against teams that went to the postseason. ERA against those teams? 1.66. The best teams in baseball, 14 times, he gave ‘em nothing.”

An embeddable recap on deGrom can be seen here. The ranking of the top-20 players for MLB Network’s Top 100 Players Right Now! is listed below and the complete ranking is available here:

Top 100 Players Right Now!, 1-20:

1.            Mike Trout, OF, Los Angeles Angels

2.            Mookie Betts, OF, Boston Red Sox

3.            Nolan Arenado, 3B, Colorado Rockies

4.            Francisco Lindor, SS, Cleveland Indians

5.            Max Scherzer, RHP, Washington Nationals

6.            José Altuve, 2B, Houston Astros

7.            Alex Bregman, 3B, Houston Astros

8.            Christian Yelich, OF, Milwaukee Brewers

9.            José Ramírez, 3B, Cleveland Indians

10.          Jacob deGrom, RHP, New York Mets

11.          J.D. Martinez, OF/DH, Boston Red Sox

12.          Aaron Judge, OF, New York Yankees

13.          Chris Sale, LHP, Boston Red Sox

14.          Manny Machado, SS/3B, Free Agent

15.          Bryce Harper, OF, Free Agent

16.          Paul Goldschmidt, 1B, St. Louis Cardinals

17.          Freddie Freeman, 1B, Atlanta Braves

18.          Joey Votto, 1B, Cincinnati Reds

19.          Giancarlo Stanton, OF/DH, New York Yankees

20.          Justin Verlander, RHP, Houston Astros