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

[Benjamin Grimm]

Your National League Pitcher of the Month is…JACOB deGROM! Try not to fall over from shock.

First Met ever to win National League Pitcher of the Month twice in the same season: http://leaptoad.com/mets/awards.php?tabno=BMETS NATIONAL LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH AWARD WINNERS

[Edgy MD]

Congratulations to Jacob, who barely edged out the worthy runner-up, Whoever Faced the Mets on a Given Day.



OH!

[G-Fafif]

[Edgy MD]

You know, if he's not going to pitch, maybe he can get a hitting appearance.



Not really kidding.

[Willets Point]

My ideal All-Star Game would be deGrom and Ohtani starting and batting for themselves and getting hits and RBIs and everyone realizing that the DH is stupid and abolishing it the very next day.

[Fman99]

So the Mets have one player on the All Star list and he won't pitch. Why would I bother watching then? FUCK THE ALL STAR GAME SERIOUSLY

[Edgy MD]

Well, if tradition holds, his unavailability would lead to his another Met being added to the roster.

[Benjamin Grimm]

The speculation is that Walker will probably replace deGrom.

[Frayed Knot]

and there are always final werk changes. Kyle Schwarber, for instance, is going to need to be replaced.

[batmagadanleadoff]

The Athletic hands out its half season awards. Jake deGrom gets the half-season NL MVP and Cy Young awards, with the added comment that if the season were to end today and deGrom didn't win the NL MVP award, then no pitcher ever deserves to win the MVP.



NL half-season's LVP (Least Valuable Player) is also a Met, Francicsco Lindor. And pat me on the back for anticipating that one as I worked through the article.



The AL's LVP is Matt Harvey.

[dinosaur jesus]

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The Athletic hands out its half season awards. Jake deGrom gets the half-season NL MVP and Cy Young awards, with the added comment that if the season were to end today and deGrom didn't win the NL MVP award, then no pitcher ever deserves to win the MVP.



NL half-season's LVP (Least Valuable Player) is also a Met, Francicsco Lindor. And pat me on the back for anticipating that one as I worked through the article.



The AL's LVP is Matt Harvey.

[batmagadanleadoff]

dinosaur jesus wrote: =batmagadanleadoff post_id=70816 time=1625856465 user_id=68] The Athletic hands out its half season awards. Jake deGrom gets the half-season NL MVP and Cy Young awards, with the added comment that if the season were to end today and deGrom didn't win the NL MVP award, then no pitcher ever deserves to win the MVP. NL half-season's LVP (Least Valuable Player) is also a Met, Francicsco Lindor. And pat me on the back for anticipating that one as I worked through the article. The AL's LVP is Matt Harvey.

Different standards being applied here. Lindor is the least valuable compared to expectations, but even at .220 he's an above-average ballplayer. Harvey has been historically bad.

[G-Fafif]

The everyday mainstay of an injury-wracked lineup and field general of a defensively upgraded first-place team is the league's least valuable player. Okey-doke, Jayson Stark.



Most disappointing offensive performer, especially for the money, perhaps. But somebody in the NL is likely less valuable than Francisco Lindor.

[Edgy MD]

Jayson Stark loves starting over-rated/most-disappointing/least-valuable arguments.



ESPN laid him off, but he loved to go click-hunting with that sort of stuff for them. He's probably better than that, but some days he can't help himself.

[batmagadanleadoff]

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[batmagadanleadoff]

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The everyday mainstay of an injury-wracked lineup and field general of a defensively upgraded first-place team is the league's least valuable player. Okey-doke, Jayson Stark.



Most disappointing offensive performer, especially for the money, perhaps. But somebody in the NL is likely less valuable than Francisco Lindor.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Luis Rojas sez that deGrom's not likely to pitch today OK. Fine with that.



Then he says that deGrom's not likely to pitch Friday either, the Mets' first game after the ASG. Why's that?



https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEK672XTyh0GjAKSM-NM_MawqGAgEKg8IACoHCAowhK-LAjD4ySwwi9a0BQ?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aenhttps://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEK672XTyh0GjAKSM-NM_MawqGAgEKg8IACoHCAowhK-LAjD4ySwwi9a0BQ?hl=en-US≷=US&ceid=US%3Aen

[kcmets]

Friday is Loup's spot in the rotation! (sorry, I'z kidding)



I thought the Saturday decision was rather curious as well when I heard that.

Maybe they'll clarify the thinking behind that at some point.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Mike Puma tweets that deGrom will start on Sunday. Why's that?

[Frayed Knot]

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Mike Puma tweets that deGrom will start on Sunday. Why's that?

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Oh yuk, Villar wrong thread I know

[batmagadanleadoff]

Frayed Knot wrote: Mike Puma tweets that deGrom will start on Sunday. Why's that? Because Monday is too long to wait.

Or not too long. Now, deGrom's start might get pushed back to Monday, depending on I don't know what.

PITTSBURGH — Jacob deGrom will be well-rested when he next pitches for the Mets, but the precise date of that scheduled occurrence remained unclear.... Manager Luis Rojas said deGrom would pitch Sunday or Monday, but was waiting to receive more information before setting the schedule.

https://nypost.com/2021/07/16/mets-still-debating-when-jacob-degrom-will-pitch-again/https://nypost.com/2021/07/16/mets-still-debating-when-jacob-degrom-will-pitch-again/



The odds that the Mets are hiding some injury to deGrom just tripled.

[bmfc1]

Or, hear me out... they want to make sure that Jake stays healthy by not letting him pitch!

[batmagadanleadoff]

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Or, hear me out... they want to make sure that Jake stays healthy by not letting him pitch!

[batmagadanleadoff]

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=bmfc1 post_id=71594 time=1626556492 user_id=73]
Or, hear me out... they want to make sure that Jake stays healthy by not letting him pitch!

[G-Fafif]

[G-Fafif]

[bmfc1]

Ugh. It gets worse and worse.

[Lefty Specialist]

Need to pick up a starter fast or this is going to get away from them.

[ashie62]

Jake is sure fragile these days.



Need to get a good starter or this will likely get away from them.