And the Mets Select… Jacob deGrom

In this series leading up to the MLB Draft on July 17, we’ll look back at the backgrounds of some notable Mets picks prior to their arrival in the big leagues. We began with Darryl Strawberry followed with Pete Alonso, and now this week we continue with arguably the second-best pitcher in franchise history who began in complete obscurity.  The story of Jacob deGrom going from college...