When one has a night where you strike out 14 batters in seven innings and post a -.66 FIP, you must have done something right. Jacob deGrom got a lot of swings and misses and mixed his pitches to near perfection in Wednesday’s 6-4 win against the Miami Marlins.

Here was how many changeups he threw in the first six innings: 8. In the seventh inning, he threw seven changeups and got seven swings and misses. The Marlins had no clue what was coming and had no chance to hit his changeup. It was located perfectly to both righties and lefties and it also had late downward movement.

His slider last night was another thing of beauty. He had trouble throwing it in his last start so today, he felt comfortable throwing it 29 times with swings and misses at 95 MPH. The Marlins looked like they were hitting with pool noodles last night. He threw it whenever he felt like it and made hitters look silly while doing so.

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His release point was virtually identical all night so Miami could not even decipher any clues as to what was coming. That is a big reason as to why his change up was un-hittable. The Marlins had to guess whether he was either throwing a 98 MPH fastball breaking back, a 95 MPH slider breaking or right, or a 90 MPH coming in and dropping off the face of the Earth.

Case and point:

Poor Lewis Brinson. Not much else needs to be said about this at-bat.

Jacob deGrom is must watch television right now. Anytime he gives up a run, it is newsworthy. Sit back and enjoy watching him. If he keeps pitching this way, the Mets continue hitting, and the Nationals bullpen keeps imploding, then it should be a fun summer for Mets baseball.