Metstradamus - Jacob Is The Answer, But Even The Answer Has Questions

 

By metstradamus | June 11, 2021 11:01 pm

The obvious storyline weaving through Friday’s 3-2 victory over San Diego was how good Jacob deGrom is and continues to be. He threw six scoreless, giving up one hit, and striking out ten. Oh and by the way, drove in the final two Mets runs with a single off of a Cy Young award winning left-hander. deGrom now has an ERA of 0.56, a WHIP of 0.53, 103 strikeouts, and eight walks.

The one thing that kept running through my mind watching deGrom is that we constantly discuss the what-ifs of the Mets franchise … especially pitchers like Doc Gooden and, in conversations that have flared up more recently, Matt Harvey. Jacob deGrom is the guy who answers the what ifs. What if Doc had stayed clean? What if Harvey hadn’t had the Thoracic Outlet Syndrome? Jacob deGrom is the answer. And that’s why people advise that we should be enjoying this. Because Jacob is the answer.

Other than that, I’ll let others discuss how good Jacob is because I’ve run out of platitudes.

But even the answer has questions, such as the one that has been nagging his elbow, as he left the game after six innings and 80 pitches due to tendonitis with his right flexor. That’s his elbow, to you and me. In his post game newser (yes, I watched tonight), deGrom said that this had been bothering him since last week, and that he anticipates being out there in his next scheduled start in five days. I’m almost glad that he said that this isn’t anything new, as I had a fleeting thought that this soreness may have been caused by all the sliders he threw against the Padres. But the fact that he was already managing this and that he still was comfortable throwing as many sliders as he did is very encouraging.

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