By Mike Phillips | October 27, 2020 10:32 am
Player Review: Jacob deGrom
2020 Stats: 12 Starts, 68 Innings Pitched, 4-2 Won-Loss Record, 2.38 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, 104:18 K:BB Ratio, 2.6 WAR
Story: Jacob deGrom entered 2020 looking to win his third straight Cy Young award and pitched like one for most of the season. The Mets were pleasantly surprised when deGrom added some velocity to his fastball, regularly throwing it around 100 miles per hour, which is something that hadn’t happened that often to this point in his career. It looked like the Mets’ inability to get deGrom wins would continue in the early going as some poor run support and bad bullpen performances cost him a few decisions. deGrom did get in a groove after a brief trip to the injured list, leading the National League with 104 strikeouts, but a pair of rough (by deGrom standards) outings at the end of the season pushed his ERA up from 1.67 to 2.38 by the end of the season.
2 comments:
Jake is great. I think he could be greater. I again (at the risk of being threatened with excommunication for questioning in any way, shape, or form his brilliance) bring one such aspect up in an article about 3 weeks hence.
Look forward to it Tom. Let's get a good team around Jake to take advantage of his vintage seasons.
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