It's 2021 and Jacob deGrom still deserves his own thread.

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Projecting Jake's starts until the ASG (going 1, 2, 3, 4, now):

6/11, SD--home

6/16, CHC--home

6/21, ATL--home (WSH misses him as will those of us in the DC area)

6/26, PHI--home (assuming that they keep him on a 5-day plan despite the 6/24 off-day)

7/1, ATL--away (damn, WSH misses him again)

7/6, MIL--home (he misses the NYY series)

7/11, PIT--home (the Sunday before the ASG, jeopardizing his ASG start).



If they give him an extra day of rest with the 6/24 off-day:

6/27, PHI--home

7/2, NYY--away (isn't it better for Jake to pitch against ATL than NYY?)

7/7, MIL--home

and then he misses the PIT series and is well rested for the ASG but loses a start.

[batmagadanleadoff]

The NY Post is publishing about a million articls a day calling for deGrom to be IL'ed.



Mets would take huge Jacob deGrom risk by ignoring common sense



Excerpt:

I don't believe it. I refuse to buy into the notion that Jacob deGrom, after departing each of his past two starts with two different arm injuries, will take the mound again Monday against the Braves at Citi Field and act as though everything is fine. As though the third time will be the charm.

https://nypost.com/2021/06/17/mets-cant-ignore-common-sense-jacob-degrom-injury-choice/https://nypost.com/2021/06/17/mets-cant-ignore-common-sense-jacob-degrom-injury-choice/

[LWFS]

The NY Post is publishing about a million articls a day calling for deGrom to be IL'ed. Mets would take huge Jacob deGrom risk by ignoring common sense Excerpt: I don't believe it. I refuse to buy into the notion that Jacob deGrom, after departing each of his past two starts with two different arm injuries, will take the mound again Monday against the Braves at Citi Field and act as though everything is fine. As though the third time will be the charm. https://nypost.com/2021/06/17/mets-cant-ignore-common-sense-jacob-degrom-injury-choice/https://nypost.com/2021/06/17/mets-cant-ignore-common-sense-jacob-degrom-injury-choice/

On the one hand, it's grating.



On the other hand, it's impressive that they can publish so often, in between all those ranty calls to the FAN and hours of angry tweets.

[Edgy MD]

The last start was the third time. There have been three recent injuries.



I support being cautious, but if you cannot detect what problem there is, the question must be asked: "What is the end game?"



He has pain one day and none the next. He throws his bullpen session at 85-90%. Still no pain. You decide to be extra cautious and skip a start. Fine, but why not two? Why not four? What exactly are we looking for? All the news is good, and the only further way to get news is to go ahead.



Sometimes, you've got to feel your way forward. It sucks, but that's part of the process too. Continuing on creates more danger, but nets more information too.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Maybe Jacob is just hyper sensitive to every twinge that pitchers generally feel? Look at the cover gallery above. There have been a number of times, over several years, where he reports something, gets an MRI, and then he gets a bill of health. Ron Darling said something about how in his day, if a pitcher did that he'd be called a word that he can't say on the air. (It's cable, but whatever. My guess is that the word is "pussy".) I think this is just going to be the deal with deGrom. Sure, one day one of these injuries may cause him to miss an extended period of time (as one did at the end of 2016) but we'll have to get used to him occasionally pulling himself out of a game early. He's said that he wants to pitch until he's 40 or older and he's clearly doing what he can now to increase his chances of having a long career.

[Lefty Specialist]

If this were any other pitcher, he'd have been IL'd by now. But deGrom seems to be driving the bus here, self examining his tendon and pronouncing himself OK, then pulling himself out at the first new twinge.



He's gonna make that start against the Braves. I dread what happens next.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Wins Above Replacement--all



1. deGrom • NYM 4.5

2. Wheeler • PHI 4.5

3. Gausman • SFG 3.9

4. Woodruff • MIL 3.6

5. Tatis • SDP 3.4

6. Muncy • LAD 3.3

7. Cronenworth • SDP 3.2

8. Miley • CIN 3.1

9. Reynolds • PIT 3.0

10. Acuna • ATL 2.9



WAR for Pitchers



1. Wheeler • PHI 4.3

2. deGrom • NYM 3.9

3. Gausman • SFG 3.9

4. Woodruff • MIL 3.8

5. Miley • CIN 3.0

6. Rogers • MIA 2.8

7. Peralta • MIL 2.8

8. Buehler • LAD 2.7

9. Bauer • LAD 2.6

10. Anderson • ATL 2.5







Earned Run Average



1. deGrom • NYM 0.50

2. Gausman • SFG 1.51

3. Rogers • MIA 1.87

4. Woodruff • MIL 1.94

5. Wheeler • PHI 2.15

6. Scherzer • WSN 2.21

7. Musgrove • SDP 2.28

8. Peralta • MIL 2.28

9. Stroman • NYM 2.35

10. Buehler • LAD 2.38



Wins



1. Urias • LAD 9

Hendricks • CHC 9

3. Suter • MIL 8

Flaherty • STL 8

Gausman • SFG 8

Kershaw • LAD 8

7. deGrom • NYM 7

DeSclafani • SFG 7

Bauer • LAD 7

Rogers • MIA 7

Mahle • CIN 7

Buehler • LAD 7

Darvish • SDP 7



Win-Loss %



1. Gausman • SFG .889

Flaherty • STL .889

3. DeSclafani • SFG .778

Darvish • SDP .778

Mahle • CIN .778

deGrom • NYM .778

7. Urias • LAD .750

Peralta • MIL .750

9. Suter • MIL .727

10. Rogers • MIA .700



Walks & Hits per IP



1. deGrom • NYM 0.514

2. Woodruff • MIL 0.761

3. Gausman • SFG 0.770

4. Scherzer • WSN 0.815

5. Musgrove • SDP 0.848

6. Peralta • MIL 0.867

7. Buehler • LAD 0.904

8. Darvish • SDP 0.922

9. Wheeler • PHI 0.934

10. Bauer • LAD 0.941



Hits per 9 IP



1. deGrom • NYM 3.375

2. Peralta • MIL 4.320

3. Woodruff • MIL 4.909

4. Gausman • SFG 5.019

5. Bauer • LAD 5.456

6. Scherzer • WSN 5.586

7. Musgrove • SDP 5.696

8. Darvish • SDP 6.100

9. Buehler • LAD 6.254

10. Rogers • MIA 6.282



Bases On Balls per 9 IP



1. Eflin • PHI 1.071

2. deGrom • NYM 1.250

3. Kershaw • LAD 1.528

4. Urias • LAD 1.739

5. Scherzer • WSN 1.746

6. Buehler • LAD 1.886

7. Hendricks • CHC 1.897

8. Gausman • SFG 1.907

9. Musgrove • SDP 1.937

10. Woodruff • MIL 1.943



Strikeouts per 9 IP



1. deGrom • NYM 14.625

2. Peralta • MIL 12.480

3. Scherzer • WSN 12.103

4. Mahle • CIN 11.260

5. Bauer • LAD 11.195

6. Musgrove • SDP 11.165

7. Wheeler • PHI 11.024

8. Darvish • SDP 10.800

9. Kershaw • LAD 10.596

10. Rogers • MIA 10.469



Innings Pitched



1. Wheeler • PHI 96.1

2. Bauer • LAD 95.2

3. Alcantara • MIA 93.1

4. Buehler • LAD 90.2

5. Darvish • SDP 90.0

6. Gausman • SFG 89.2

7. Kershaw • LAD 88.1

8. Urias • LAD 88.0

Woodruff • MIL 88.0

10. Wainwright • STL 86.2

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deGrom • NYM 72



Strikeouts



1. Bauer • LAD 119

2. Wheeler • PHI 118

3. deGrom • NYM 117

4. Burnes • MIL 108

Darvish • SDP 108

6. Peralta • MIL 104

Scherzer • WSN 104

Kershaw • LAD 104

9. Gausman • SFG 103

10. Woodruff • MIL 102



Strikeouts / Base On Balls



1. deGrom • NYM 11.700

2. Eflin • PHI 8.300

3. Scherzer • WSN 6.933

Kershaw • LAD 6.933

5. Musgrove • SDP 5.765

6. Urias • LAD 5.588

7. Gausman • SFG 5.421

8. Woodruff • MIL 5.368

9. Wheeler • PHI 5.364

10. Darvish • SDP 4.909



Home Runs per 9 IP



1. deGrom • NYM 0.375

2. Rogers • MIA 0.441

3. Gausman • SFG 0.602

4. Walker • NYM 0.605

5. Wheeler • PHI 0.654

6. Marquez • COL 0.656

7. Anderson • ATL 0.714

8. Davies • CHC 0.736

9. Alcantara • MIA 0.771

10. Woodruff • MIL 0.8



Adjusted ERA+



1. deGrom • NYM 777

2. Gausman • SFG 263

3. Rogers • MIA 216

4. Woodruff • MIL 210

5. Wheeler • PHI 182

6. Peralta • MIL 179

7. Scherzer • WSN 172

8. Stroman • NYM 165

9. Musgrove • SDP 162

10. Walker • NYM 160



Fielding Independent Pitching



1. deGrom • NYM 0.87

2. Gausman • SFG 2.37

3. Wheeler • PHI 2.44

4. Rogers • MIA 2.50

5. Kershaw • LAD 2.75

6. Woodruff • MIL 2.78

7. Peralta • MIL 2.89

8. Walker • NYM 3.02

9. Scherzer • WSN 3.06

10. Musgrove • SDP 3.1



Adj. Pitching Runs



1. deGrom • NYM 27

2. Gausman • SFG 25

3. Woodruff • MIL 21

4. Wheeler • PHI 20

5. Rogers • MIA 19

6. Buehler • LAD 16

7. Peralta • MIL 16

8. Scherzer • WSN 15

9. Bauer • LAD 14

10. Musgrove • SDP 14



Adj. Pitching Wins



1. deGrom • NYM 3.1

2. Gausman • SFG 2.8

3. Woodruff • MIL 2.3

4. Wheeler • PHI 2.2

5. Rogers • MIA 2.1

6. Buehler • LAD 1.7

7. Peralta • MIL 1.7

8. Scherzer • WSN 1.6

9. Bauer • LAD 1.5

10. Musgrove • SDP 1.5



Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)



1. deGrom • NYM 28.33

2. Gausman • SFG 27.05

3. Woodruff • MIL 26.07

4. Wheeler • PHI 24.61

5. Buehler • LAD 22.63

6. Rogers • MIA 20.98

7. Peralta • MIL 19.74

8. Scherzer • WSN 18.50

9. Bauer • LAD 16.55

10. Musgrove • SDP 16.35



Win Probability Added (WPA)



1. Hader • MIL 3.3

2. deGrom • NYM 2.9

3. Woodruff • MIL 2.9

4. Wheeler • PHI 2.7

5. Gausman • SFG 2.6

6. Tepera • CHC 2.3

7. Kimbrel • CHC 2.3

8. Rogers • MIA 2.2

9. Antone • CIN 2.1

10. Melancon • SDP 2.1



Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)



1. deGrom • NYM 3.2

2. Gausman • SFG 2.7

3. Woodruff • MIL 2.7

4. Wheeler • PHI 2.4

5. Peralta • MIL 2.4

6. Rogers • MIA 2.1

7. Scherzer • WSN 2.1

8. Bauer • LAD 1.8

9. Buehler • LAD 1.7

10. Musgrove • SDP 1.6



Championship WPA (cWPA)



1. Hader • MIL 2.4

2. deGrom • NYM 2.3

3. Woodruff • MIL 2.0

4. Tepera • CHC 1.7

5. Kimbrel • CHC 1.7

6. Gausman • SFG 1.7

7. Buehler • LAD 1.5

8. Melancon • SDP 1.5

9. Wheeler • PHI 1.5

10. Stroman • NYM 1.4



Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)



1. deGrom • NYM 3.4

2. Gausman • SFG 3.1

3. Woodruff • MIL 2.9

4. Wheeler • PHI 2.8

5. Buehler • LAD 2.6

6. Rogers • MIA 2.3

7. Peralta • MIL 2.2

8. Scherzer • WSN 2.1

9. Musgrove • SDP 1.9

10. Bauer • LAD 1.8



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[roger_that]

Somebody remind me why we didn't resign Zach Wheeler?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Their names are Fred and Jeff.

[Edgy MD]

Hey, let's not forget Brodie Volkswagon. He HAPPENED.

[batmagadanleadoff]

... and because two was cheaper than one. (Wacha and Porcello).

[batmagadanleadoff]

deGrom's ERA is 0.50.



That's half an earned run a game (nine innings). Or one earned run every two games (18 innings).



So if deGrom were to give up one earned run in his next inning pitched, he'd have to then pitch 17 consecutive scoreless innings to get his ERA back to where it is right now (one inning short of two complete game nine-inning shutouts). That's one way to look at deGrom's ERA.



Also, deGrom's on a 30 consecutive scoreless innings pitched streak, three innings short of the Mets all-time record (32.2 innings) set by R.A. Dickey in 2012.

[roger_that]

... and because two was cheaper than one. (Wacha and Porcello).

Huh. This is like "No, I'll have two pounds of chicken feathers instead of the one pound of chicken breast. And you say my dining choice actually costs LESS? Way cool!"

[Edgy MD]

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=68856 time=1624423557 user_id=68]So if deGrom were to give up one earned run in his next inning pitched, he'd have to then pitch 17 consecutive scoreless innings to get his ERA back to where it is right now (one inning short of two complete game nine-inning shutouts). That's one way to look at deGrom's ERA.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Edgy MD wrote: deGrom's second-placiness behind Josh Hader in WPA pulls into something like a dead heat when you include his batting WAR.

I don't put much stock in WPA. It favors relievers, especially closers, because they tend to pitch high leverage at-bats. If you believe in that stuff. I believe that striking out a batter in the 4th inning is just about as big as getting the last out of a game.

[Edgy MD]

I certainly believe in high-leverage at-bats.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Edgy MD wrote: I certainly believe in high-leverage at-bats.

I think it's like clutch hits: I celebrate them but I don't think that clutch hitting is an indepedent skill. Likewise, I'll celebrate the Mets reliever who strikes out the last two batters in the ninth with a runner on third to presserve the one run win -- but I'm certain that the pitcher who struck out two batters four innings ago could've done the same.



Anyways, the big story with deGrom, I think, is his WHIP and H/9 innings allowed. That's where I think all the focus should be on instead of on his invisible ERA. deGrom's about as perfect as a pitcher ever was this season. Nobody's even getting on base against him. That's the real story and that should be the focus. His ERA is merely a function of his minuscule WHIP and hits allowed. Nobody's even getting on base against deGrom -- never mind coming around to score. But everybody's more comfortable with ERA. It's been around forever and most fans can gauge an ERA much easier than a WHIP.



deGrom's allowed just four earned runs all season long - three of them on solo HR"s. And that distribution makes perfect sense once you take note of his WHIP. The way deGrom's been pitching, it's practically impossible for the opposition to put together a rally consisting of several batters getting on base. Opposing teams can't even count on productive outs to advance the rare base-runner because deGrom's striking out batters at an all-time historical rate. So their best chance to score against deGrom, given how dominating he is this season is to hope that the fair ball is hit far enough to go over the outfield wall. Score on one swing because there ain't gonna be many other chances.



Anyways, deGrom's allowing about three hits per nine innings. That's the story, I think.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Cubs Patrick Wisdom, on facing deGrom:



On today's Pardon My Take... PATRICK WISDOM! The rising star for the Chicago Cubs joined Mr. Cat and Mr. Commenter on today's show to discuss ....



Patrick Wisdom: Yeah, it was major suck. [deGrom] shoved it last night, it's like going into a test knowing you're going to fail, like there's nothing you can do. He's just going to overpower you and you're going to walk back to the dugout saying, "I don't know what I'm doing out here."



Mr. Commenter: Just answer "C" every time and maybe one out of every four times, it will be right. You've got to like sit on one pitch, so a guy like that, is there just one pitch that you're waiting for, you're like, "Maybe I'll get a slider that doesn't break."



Patrick Wisdom: Yeah, or it's maybe the 100 MPH fastball that you try to hit. But, I mean, the first pitch, I barely even saw. Like, it hit the glove and I'm like, "Huh."



Mr. Cat: Really? Because it's that fast and that much movement and everything...



Patrick Wisdom: It explodes out of his hand, and it gains speed as it gets to the glove. It was something I'd never seen before, obviously.



https://www.barstoolsports.com/podcast/3370289/cubs-third-baseman-patrick-wisdom-explains-what-it-is-like-to-step-in-the-batters-box-and-face-jacob-degromhttps://www.barstoolsports.com/podcast/3370289/cubs-third-baseman-patrick-wisdom-explains-what-it-is-like-to-step-in-the-batters-box-and-face-jacob-degrom

[bmfc1]

Luis said that Jake is scheduled to pitch 3 more times before the All-Star break: July 1 at Atlanta, July 6 vs. Milwaukee and July 11 at Pittsburgh. This means that he misses the NYY (and a matchup with Cole, which is what the writers are bemoaning) and more than an inning in the ASG but 3 starts are better than 2 starts (he should live and be well.)

[batmagadanleadoff]

Looks like the June 2021 NL Pitcher of the Month award should be a no-contest affair. Use the scroll bar at the bottom of the post to navigate the FanGraphs stats boxes, which are wider than the box that holds this post.



June 2021 stats only - NL starters:



ranked by fWAR

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ranked by WHIP

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ranked by FIP

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ranked by ERA

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ranked by OPP. AVG.

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[batmagadanleadoff]

Catching up with R.A. Dickey.



R.A. Dickey on the joy of watching Jacob deGrom pitch, his 2012 Cy Young season & life after baseball

Nine years ago, baseball's best pitcher was a 37-year-old throwing 75 mile per hour knuckleballs. Today, as he watches Jacob deGrom rain fire over the league with a totally different pitching style, R.A. Dickey can still relate to that feeling of Citi Field's mound transforming into a throne. “I can certainly understand the space he might be in where he feels like he can do anything on the mound,” Dickey says of deGrom, who he occasionally exchanges texts with. “You don't get that very often, if ever. Standing on the mound knowing the ball will do what you want it to do, that is such a rare thing. He's in a different league than me, man.” Calling from his forty acre farm in Franklin, Tenn., the 2012 Cy Young winner says he keeps a close eye on his former team. When he's not coaching his teenage son's travel ball team — a culture that by his own words can be “very toxic from a lot of different standpoints” — or tending to his pig Meatball, Dickey tunes in like the rest of us to marvel at the pitcher who he says might be the best he's ever seen. “I keep telling my son that he's watching a once-in-a-generation player,” Dickey tells the Daily News. “It almost becomes more flavorful when he struggles, right? If he were to give up six runs in two innings that would be on the front page. But if he's shutting people out it's ho-hum.” Along with farm and father duties, Dickey keeps busy by playing pickup basketball three times a week at a nearby high school and serving as a board member for a Nashville-based anti-human trafficking organization. Now nine years removed from his magic carpet ride season and the attention that came with it, baseball's last great knuckleballer lives a life full of whimsy. “The thing that's neat about a knuckleball guy is you're kind of this wizard or this weird thing that blew through the major leagues,” Dickey laughs. “Most people that throw the knuckleball have a humble spirit because you have to deal with failure so much when you're trying to learn it. You also have to deal with how ugly it looks when it's not going well. I mean, you're up there floating 70 miles per hour to major league hitters. That carries over real well; I don't want people to ever be intimidated by me.” Fame can be fleeting, or at least for Dickey, it can morph from 40,000 screaming fans at Citi Field to umpires at local parks asking to pose for a photo. One thing that fascinates him is the level of hyper fame that deGrom has evaded. “You look at what this cat's done, people ask me all the time why he's not more well-known,” Dickey says of the relatively anonymous megastar heading the Mets' rotation. “One reason is that he hasn't had a chance to pitch in the postseason for a while. The other one is that he's coming up in an era where there's still enough people who appreciated guys that threw 240 innings. When you're asking a guy as good as he is to only go through the lineup twice, sometimes three times, there's something more there. That's really the only knock.” Dickey understands that any criticism of deGrom involves splitting the thinnest of hairs. While he acknowledges that having a manager that allows him to go deeper would add to deGrom's Q score, Dickey is also awestruck by the best pitcher in the world having such an unassuming demeanor. “He's got a perfect temperament for New York. He suits that place well because he's the same as he'd be in Milwaukee. In that place, man, you need a short-term memory and a bulletproof confidence. That's what it takes to be good there.” In the summer of 2012, Dickey was as good as any pitcher had ever been in the Big Apple. He led the National League in strikeouts, complete games and shutouts that year, earning the Cy Young trophy that's tucked away in the corner of his office. He's the only knuckleball artist to win pitching's top honor, doing so by throwing back-to-back complete game one-hitters, logging double-digit strikeouts in seven starts, and setting a Mets record with 32.2 consecutive scoreless innings. Dickey admits that he was rooting for deGrom to break that record this year. When asked about the darker, behind the scenes moments that grounded him from the euphoria of a Cy Young season, though, he pulls a sympathetic card. “The hardest part is always watching friends not have the seasons they hoped for, and collectively, the team not doing well,” Dickey says somberly of a Mets team that won just 74 games and finished 24 games behind the NL East champion Nationals. “Those are tough times.” RELATED: Former Met R.A. Dickey talks baseball's ugly restart battle, fan backlash and the coronavirus curveball » Of course, there was also the trade that immediately followed the supernatural season. The Mets traded Dickey to Toronto just over a month after his name was engraved on the Cy Young trophy. In return, the Blue Jays sent a combination of players headlined by Noah Syndergaard and Travis d'Arnaud, who became integral parts of the 2015 team that won the NL pennant. It was a World Series Dickey thought he was destined to play in. “I didn't want to leave New York, that was kind of a dark moment. I felt like I really belonged to a place for a portion of my career,” Dickey reflects. “I was able to build something with the fanbase, then all of a sudden I had to go somewhere else. That was a tough moment.” Life on the hobby farm is satisfying a different part of his spirit now, and Dickey says it's brought a sense of fulfillment. Being away from the cameras and microphones has opened a new side to the Mets' cult hero's life. As far as his niche, celebrity status in Queens? Dickey still enjoys tapping into that when he can. “I can still go back to New York and maybe get a free sub if the guy recognizes me. It's fun to be on that side.”

https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-ra-dickey-jacob-degrom-20210701-43p36tfd7be4vdycopnbc63pfe-story.htmlhttps://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-ra-dickey-jacob-degrom-20210701-43p36tfd7be4vdycopnbc63pfe-story.html

[Edgy MD]

“You look at what this cat's done, people ask me all the time why he's not more well-known.”

When did Dickey start talking like Miles Davis?

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Dickey deserves a Mets hOf enshrinement

[batmagadanleadoff]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Dickey deserves a Mets hOf enshrinement

Is there a minimum # of years as a Met to qualify? Because if three year Mets are eligible, then Dickey for sure, and also Olerud.

[G-Fafif]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Dickey deserves a Mets hOf enshrinement Is there a minimum # of years as a Met to qualify? Because if three year Mets are eligible, then Dickey for sure, and also Olerud.

As far as I know, there is no minimum on seasons played. The fewest of any player inductee is five — Gary Carter and Tommie Agee.

[G-Fafif]

DeGrom tonight evoked Randy Johnson in Game One of the 1999 NLDS vs us. Shockingly hittable — 4 runs in 4 innings, including homers to Fonzie and Oly — then virtually untouchable until the ninth. Showalter stuck with him maybe an inning too long, leaving him in until he loaded the bases, setting the stage for Bobby Chouinard to give up the decisive slam to Fonzie.



NFL Films would have framed the Mets as the winners, but Johnson as a champion. I wouldn't have argued,



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Of course deGrom was actually untouchable once he locked in. And no way he was gonna see the 9th tonight.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Jacob deGrom will skip MLB All-Star Game under these Mets conditions



Excerpt:

But should the pitcher charting one of the best seasons in modern baseball history get chosen to the July 13 All-Star Game in Colorado, he says he won't participate if the Mets' blueprint holds and he starts three times to close the first half, including the final Sunday before the break.



https://nypost.com/2021/06/29/jacob-degrom-will-skip-mlb-all-star-game-if-this-happens/https://nypost.com/2021/06/29/jacob-degrom-will-skip-mlb-all-star-game-if-this-happens/

[kcmets]

I'd rather Jake not participate and take the time off. They can spin the blueprint thing

however they want.

[G-Fafif]

Your National League Pitcher of the Month is…JACOB deGROM!



Try not to fall over from shock.

[Benjamin Grimm]

This kind of dashes Jerad Eickoff's Schaefer hopes for June.