Even though his efforts were denied the win, Jacob deGrom was outstanding again in yesterday’s start against the Phillies. Degrom struck out nine while allowing only two runs in 7.1 innings.
He left the game with two men on and the Mets up 3-0, but the bullpen failed to hold the lead and deGrom came away with a no-decision.
DeGrom appears determined to prove that his incredible 2014 season wasn’t a fluke as he been amazing during his past few starts.
He has struck out a total of 20 batters in his last two outings, and he’s pitched 25.2 innings without giving up an extra base hit.
His ERA is now lowered to 2.71 and his WHIP is down to 1.08. He’s also fanned a total of 63 batters while only walking 13 during 63 innings pitched.
“Good game for us to hang in there and come back and win,” Manager Terry Collins said. “Because Jake was outstanding.” (Zach Schonbrun, NY Times)
DeGrom says that he’s been able to turn his season around after a slow start due to an mechanical adjustment.
“I’m able to get the ball down in the zone where I want it, versus when I was struggling with my mechanics I was struggling to get the ball down,” deGrom said.
Thoughts:
After receiving terrible news about David Wright and getting swept by the Pirates, it was easy to get discouraged about the team. However, as long as the Mets have Matt Harvey and deGrom anchoring the rotation, it’s going to be difficult to ever count this team out of contention.
