Jacob deGrom

deGrom was utterly brilliant for 5 2/3 innings against the Braves on Sunday.

The 10 1/2 game lead they owned heading into June was down to a 1/2 game on July 23. Instead, they pumped the lead up to a pretty comfortable margin. That is to say, the Mets are handling deGrom with extreme care right now, as well they should. In fact, deGrom showed for five-plus innings that he still has the raw stuff to be the best pitcher on the planet. Let's keep the proper perspective here, though, which is that deGrom missed over a year with elbow and shoulder injuries and he's 34 years old. deGrom actually retired the first 17 hitters he faced.

Jacob deGrom made his first home start for the New York Mets in 13 months on Sunday. He did not disappoint.

Then, he returned the favor and gave fans a show. Joely Rodriguez retired lefty Matt Olson to end the frame and put deGrom in line for his first victory of the year. That changed on Sunday, as deGrom took the hill with the Mets looking to take their fourth game out of five from the rival Atlanta Braves.

In his first start in Queens in 13 months, Mets ace Jacob deGrom took a perfect game into the sixth inning and finished with 12 strikeouts.

It's his ability to fist a ball out over the infield on a pitch that most of us would be picking the splinters out of our hands." "After missing a whole year, you don't want to do anything dumb in the first two back." Alonso took advantage with a two-run double that kicked off the third base bag and into left field. "I feel like that we've definitely elevated our game and we want to continue to do that as the season progresses," Pete Alonso said. We think that we have great pitching and a good bullpen and you know, I mean, we think we're a really good team. The Mets gave deGrom an early lead by scoring four runs in the third inning. The Mets ace exited to a standing ovation after 76 pitches. DeGrom came out firing by throwing eight straight fastballs to start the game, including seven that reached triple digits. This weekend could not have gone much better for the Mets (70-39), who moved to a season-high 31 games over .500 – their highest total since finishing 32 games over in the 2006 season. It was a vintage performance for the Mets' righty who missed a full calendar year with elbow and shoulder issues. It fuels his desire to be the best." "Stepping out there was a little bit emotional," deGrom said.

Jacob deGrom throwing a pitch. ATLANTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 14: Jacob deGrom #48 of the New York Mets pitches in the ...

He had a perfect game through 5.2 innings before Dansby Swanson took him deep for a two-run home run. Jacob deGrom was back to doing Jacob deGrom things on Sunday afternoon The MLB World Is Amazed By Jacob deGrom On Sunday

Jacob deGrom carried a perfect game into the sixth inning and struck out 12 batters in his second start of the season to lead the Mets to a 5-2 win over the ...

The Mets took a 4-0 lead in the third inning after two-run doubles by Pete Alonso and Mark Canha. Rodriguez tossed 2.1 scoreless innings of relief and Edwin Diaz struck out the side in the ninth to seal it as the Mets' pitching trio combined for 19 strikeouts in the victory. It was the third time in MLB history that a pitcher recorded 12 or more strikeouts with 76 or fewer pitches, according to SNY. DeGrom made his first start of the 2022 season on Tuesday, allowing three hits and one run with six strikeouts in a 5-1 loss to the Washington Nationals.

In just his second game back from a lengthy rehab, New York Mets starting pitcher Jacob deGrom threw five perfect innings on Sunday against the Atlanta ...

New York (70-39) sits first in the NL East. DeGrom’s perfect game bid ended when he walked Ehire Adrianza with two outs in the sixth. deGrom rode his dominant triple-digit heater and wipeout slider to carry him through the order multiple times.

Jacob deGrom was Mr. Untouchable for the first 17 batters he faced Sunday, before the laws of endurance perhaps found him in his second major league start ...

Daniel Vogelbach followed with a walk before Mark Canha stroked a two-run double that pushed the Braves into a 4-0 hole. That gave Alonso 95 RBIs, tops in the NL and two behind the Yankees’ Aaron Judge for the MLB lead. DeGrom admitted he wouldn’t have put up a fight to remain in the game. Included was at least one strikeout of each batter in the Braves’ lineup. They still have seven games remaining against the Mets in Atlanta over two series, which might be their greatest source of hope in a race that is slipping from their grasp. DeGrom was finished for the day.

DeGrom (1-0) allowed two runs on a hit and a walk while striking out 12 through 5.2 innings, earning the win Sunday over Atlanta. DeGrom fell one out shy of ...

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Jacob deGrom pitching against the Atlanta Braves on August 7, 2022, when he was. Mike Stobe/Getty Images. On the 65th and ...

It appears that Jacob deGrom is back, which means that he will just go on doing what he does, all of it and all out, until it is no longer possible. He has figured out how to do the most, and how to push the idea of that ever further out; he seems determined to just keep on doing that, and more, for as long as his body will allow him to do so. In his second start in more than a year, deGrom already refused to do any of it at anything less than the maximum. Theoretically, deGrom could do a little less, or just do what he does differently, and in so doing maybe make it possible to do it all a little longer. The thrill of watching Jacob deGrom is, by now, all about him, and what he is doing and trying to do with and even to himself. It has been different for deGrom. He arrived late to the craft—he was, as every broadcaster is obligated to note, primarily an infielder in college—and has been absolutely laying waste to it ever since, thanks in large part to some idiosyncratic and independent training methods, and also the diet of a less-discerning 15-year-old. Beyond the greatness is the relentlessness of the man himself, and the tension that his signature inability to relent has introduced into it all. Max Scherzer, the Mets’ 37-year-old co-ace and the man that deGrom will certainly supplant as the sport’s highest-paid starting pitcher in the offseason, is the exemplar of a specific type of contemporary pitching excellence, but he isn’t really like deGrom, either. It’s not a coincidence that the few pitchers who ever get to this level often also spend a few years getting punted around the league; they have in them something much bigger than themselves, and then have to figure out how to use it. The Mets went on to win, 5-2, which improved their record against the Braves to 8-4 on the season and their lead in the National League East to 6.5 games. None of those hitters had reached base, or even managed to do anything against deGrom that could have been construed as a significant threat in that regard. Now think about what it might be like if that pitcher had been pitching like that for five years, whenever he was healthy enough to do so.

The two-time Cy Young Award winner was dominant on Sunday, striking out 12 in his second outing of the season.

Since the start of 2018, deGrom has a 1.95 ERA across 93 starts, with 792 strikeouts in 591 2/3 innings. deGrom generated 25 swinging strikes on just 76 pitches in Sunday’s victory. The performance gave him 1,523 career strikeouts—the most ever through a pitcher’s first 200 career games in MLB history.

The first 18 times Atlanta swung at Jacob deGrom's slider, Atlanta missed — a string of single-pitch dominance unrecallable in the sport.

If they need to use Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola to pitch in games 161 and 162 just to get into the tournament, they won’t have much of a chance in a best-of-three on the road. Smith said his right lat strain is similar to the one that ended his 2021 season but in a slightly different spot, and he nevertheless expects to be back at some point this season. Marsh, at the plate, is a huge work in progress. Part of the Phillies’ thinking was that extricating Syndergaard from a miserable situation in Anaheim and inserting him into an East Coast pennant race could lead to a bump in his performance. So, in the immediate, Marsh provides a massive defensive upgrade in center. They liked that he was a rental starter available at a palatable price with a small chance of upside over the final two months. After an emotional series victory over the Yankees last week, the Mets went to Miami and took care of business with a sweep in front of sparse crowds. They are certainly a much deeper system than they were at the end of the lockout. That is quite a recipe for the final third of the season and for what transpires after that. The Reds won two out of three in Milwaukee, and they haven’t lost a series in five tries since the All-Star break. The Mets are a technically sound team that seldom beats itself, boosted by star performances at the head of its rotation and the middle of its lineup. “I noticed that was good in the bullpen,” deGrom said of his slider.

No other team can boast a trio of pitchers like the Mets — if Jacob deGrom can stay healthy.

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