Garbage Time

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Apropos of Jacob deGrom getting rocked tonight...

The Mets Pitching Staff Went From Great To Garbage In The Blink Of An Eye

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-mets-pitching-staff-went-from-great-to-garbage-in-the-blink-of-an-eye/

The money quote:

On a per-162-game basis, [the Mets are on pace] for the fifth-biggest year-to-year decline by any MLB pitching staff since 1901:

Some of the teams ahead of the Mets on that list had their excuses: The 2004 Diamondbacks traded Curt Schilling to the Red Sox over the previous offseason, and the 1998 Marlins engaged in one of the most notorious talent dumps in baseball history. The Mets made no such trades.