2014 IPP: Jacob deGrom

[Benjamin Grimm]

It was moderately popular last year, so we'll try it again this year. IPP stands for Individual Player Predictions. These will be threads where we share our expectations of how a player will perform in the current year. Feel free to make your predictions as specific or as vague as you like. (You can find a listing of the 2013 IPPs here.)

One more for today. I think Jacob deGrom will spend most of the season at Las Vegas, making some spot starts for the Mets and joining the team for good in September.

[Vic Sage]

I think deGrom gets packaged for a SS.

[smg58]

I think DeGrom will wind up in the pen, and we won't see him in Queens until 2015.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Mostly-successful late-season cameo.

15 IP, 3.87 ERA, 1.27 ERA, 2 HR allowed, 12 K, 4 BB

[ashie62]

Traded

[Theoldmole]

Late season call up, not good, not bad.

[metirish]

wake him up when September comes

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Subs in for Niese when his shoulder goes bad again and Syndergaard/Montero aren't quite ready. Goes away then comes back when Gee goes down with season-ending shoulder trouble.

Goes 2-4, 5.05, mixes in a couple good starts with a couple bad ones.

[MFS62]

TheOldMole wrote: Late season call up, not good, not bad.

This.
Maybe 1-2, 4.65 ERA, 1.39 WHIP.

Later

[Guest d'Kong76]

Doubt we'll see much of him this year. Cool last name.

[Theoldmole]

No 2014 starts.

[Benjamin Grimm]

We all did a really good job with the predictions for this guy. Whatever happened to him anyway?

[Centerfield]

This is great. When was the last time someone came out of the blue like this?

Harvey came with a good amount of fanfare.

[Centerfield]

This is great. When was the last time someone came out of the blue like this?

Harvey came with a good amount of fanfare.

[Edgy MD]

There have been out-of-the blue seasons by vets, certainly (Ojeda, Gilkey, Dickey, Hundley)

But among unheralded yoots coming in and making an unexpected splash, the main precedent I can think of is Cone.

[Guest d'Kong76]

We were like 0-10, now I know how Granderson feels
in home series.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Here's the Baseball Prospectus entry from its 2014 annual, released just before last season began:

It didn't look good for deGrom as a ninth-round pick who almost immediately underwent Tommy John surgery, but his consistency over just two minor-league seasons since his recovery makes him a contender for the fifth starter's spot in 2014. The power righty's strikeout numbers took a hit with his graduation to the high minors; that can be expected with such a rapid rise, but further acclimation might be useful before the big jump [to the majors]. One added plus: His power arsenal - a mid 90s fastball with sink and a hard slider - would translate well to the bullpen if need be.