Frayed Knot wrote: =whippoorwill post_id=100683 time=1658584371 user_id=79] The sad part is that deGrom seemed so healthy for so long, when all those other pitchers went by the wayside. Yeah, it's really just been the most recent 12 months that he's been unavailable. He made 22 starts during his call-up year of 2015 which was essentially a full load as the season was 1/4 of the way in when he joined it. After that: 2016 = 30 2017 = 24 2018 = 31 2019 = 32 2020 (shortened season) = 12 2021 = 15 (right at the halfway point) Mainly what he avoided was the dreaded TJ surgery (he got his in the low minors). But if you're figuring on 30 starts/year as a full load, he took the ball over 95% of the time ... until last July and now he hasn't pitched since. And even with that lengthy absence he's still made about 83% of his ideal number of starts since being promoted. Contrast that to Harvey, Wheeler, and Syndergaard who all missed more than 1/3 of the starts they could have potentially made while under NYM control. Harvey: 104 starts out of an estimated potential of 168, including an entire season missed in 2014 Wheeler: 127 of 197, two full seasons skipped (2015 - 16) plus nearly half of '17 Syndergaard: 118 of 185, two full seasons skipped ('20 - '21) save for two token appearances at the tail end of last year, and only 7 starts in 2017