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Why The Mets Might Actually Be Good

The New York Mets are not usually a club that strikes fear into opponents’ hearts, at least not recently. Ever since going 45-28 down the stretch of the regular season and postseason en route to the 2015 World Series, New York is a combined 375-386 — 11 games below .500. The most the Mets have […]

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Jacob DeGrom Is Outdoing Even Jacob DeGrom

Beyond his superlative pitching skills, Jacob deGrom’s most impressive trait might be his ability to raise the bar ever higher for himself. The college shortstop turned ninth-round pitcher turned elbow-surgery survivor won the National League’s Rookie of the Year honors in 2014, but he wasn’t content merely to feature next to the other New York […]

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Jacob DeGrom Just Keeps Throwing Faster

There was no better pitcher in Major League Baseball over the last two seasons than Jacob deGrom, and in this shortened season he had taken his performance to another level. The New York Mets’ ace entered play Wednesday ranking first in the NL in ERA (1.67) and second among pitchers in wins above replacement (2.3). […]

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Jacob DeGrom Is Breaking The Cy Young Formula

Pitcher wins were already an unpopular metric among the sabermetric set, but Jacob deGrom’s 2018 season may have officially put the final nail in their coffin, even for traditionalists still hanging on to their old-school stats. DeGrom is currently leading the major leagues in ERA with a microscopic 1.81 mark in 159 innings. Yet, for […]

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