Jacob deGrom

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Amateur career

DeGrom attended Calvary Christian Academy, a small school in Ormond Beach, Florida, where he competed for the school's baseball and basketball teams. He was named by the Florida Athletic Coaches Association as the District 9 Class 1A player of the year and was selected to the all-state third team for Class 1A.

The Florida Sports Writers Association announced deGrom to the All-Florida second team as a senior baseball player. He also played American Legion baseball, where he was noticed by the Stetson Hatters, Stetson University's college baseball team.

DeGrom enrolled at Stetson and played for the Hatters after being unnotified in the Major League Baseball (MLB) draft out of high school. During his freshman and sophomore seasons, he was mainly a shortstop. Despite being regarded as a good fielder with a strong throwing arm, deGrom was a light hitter with a.263 batting average throughout his career. In May 2009, he made his first appearance as a pitcher. DeGrom's sophomore and junior years in 2009, he was accepted to play collegiate summer baseball for the DeLand Suns of the Florida Collegiate Summer League, but he turned down after learning that they didn't want him to play as a pitcher.

When deGrom returned to Stetson last fall, the team used him as a relief pitcher, rather than playing shortstop. He quickly became one of Stetson's best pitchers, and the team pushed deGrom into their starting rotation midway through the season. DeGrom learned to throw a changeup and a slider in addition to a fastball. When deGrom pitched against Chris Sale of Florida Gulf Coast University, MLB scouts began to pay attention to him. deGrom scored his first home run of the season against Chris Sale in that game. He made 12 starts for the Hatters, pitching to a 4–5 loss record with a 4.48 earned run average.

Professional career

With the 272nd overall pick of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft, the New York Mets selected deGrom in the ninth round as a pitcher. He signed with the Mets and received a $95,000 signing bonus. DeGrom was drafted by the Mets to the Kingsport Mets of the Rookie-level Appalachian League, where he made six starts before being diagnosed with a partial tear of the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in his pitching elbow. He tried to recover his arm for four months, but Tommy John surgery to repair the UCL in October was required. He did not pitch in 2011 until he recovered from the surgery. While recuperating, deGrom worked on his change with Johan Santana.

DeGrom played for the Savannah Sand Gnats of the Class A South Atlantic League and the St. Lucie Mets of the Class A South Atlantic League in 2012, finishing the year with a 2.43 ERA in 19 games played. He began the season with St. Lucie but was then moved to the Binghamton Mets of the Class AA Eastern League after two starts due to injuries to Luis Mateo and Cory Mazzoni of Binghamton. In June, the Mets promoted Zack Wheeler and Carlos Torres to the major leagues and traded Collin McHugh. He had a 4.1 ERA for the season before suffering a fractured finger during the offseason, which changed the way he threw the ball.

On November 20, 2013, the Mets activated deGrom from their 40-man roster, effectively ending his chances of being eligible in the Rule 5 draft. DeGrom developed his mechanics and learned how to throw a curveball during the offseason. In his first seven games, he began with Las Vegas and had a 4–0 win–loss record and a 2.58 ERA.

After Gonzalez Germen was put on the disabled list, the Mets promoted him to the major leagues on May 12, 2014. The Mets had intended to use deGrom in relief, but the Mets had to add him to their starting rotation due to an injury to Dillon Gee. In Citi Field, DeGrom made his major league debut against the New York Yankees, a cross-town rival. Chase Whitley, a rookie making his MLB debut, met him. He pitched seven innings, leaving just one run and striking out six out six runs, but the Yankees beat the Mets 1–0, but the Yankees shut down the Mets. In his first appearance at bat, DeGrom earned his first MLB hit in the game. It was the first strike by a Mets pitcher in the 2014 season, snapping off a 0-for-64 streak, the worst collective record for a pitching staff to begin a season in MLB history.

In his first four MLB starts, DeGrom got off to a winning streak, but he didn't win in any of them. In delivering the Mets their 4,000th franchise victory, deGrom pitched seven scoreless innings and had 11 strikeouts. After allowing only one earned run in two starts this week, deGrom was named National League Co-Player of the Week, alongside Steve Cishek of the Miami Marlins. For July, he was named the NL Rookie of the Month. DeGrom was placed on the disabled list with rotator cuff tendinitis on August 11, according to his. Rafael Montero was called up in deGrom's position on August 12th. Montero was recalled to the 51s on August 23, in order to make room for deGrom's inclusion on the disabled list.

deGrom threw out his first eight batters against the Marlins on September 15, 2014, tying the MLB record. DeGrom was suspended for the year after being shut down for the year, ending his season with a 9–6 record, a 2.69 ERA, and 144 strikeouts. DeGrom received his second Rookie of the Month award for his September appearance, and the 2014 Sporting News NL Rookie of the Year was named by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, with first place votes on 26 of the 30 ballots. He was the first Met to be honoured after Dwight Gooden in 1984.

For the week ending June 7, 2015, DeGrom and Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers were selected as NL Co-Players of the Week. He started the 2015 season with an 8–6 win-loss record and a 2.30 ERA before June, and was selected to the NL roster in the 2015 MLB All-Star Game. DeGrom struck out the three batters he faced on ten pitches during the All-Star Game, becoming the first individual to do so since pitch counts were recorded. During the 2015 season, DeGrom hit a 28-28 record with a 2.54 ERA and a 0.99 walks per inning pitched ratio.

He allowed no runs and five hits over seven innings pitched, ties a Mets franchise postseason record of 13 strikeouts (set by Tom Seaver in Game 1 of the 1973 NLCS). DeGrom won the deciding Game 5 with a six-inning, two-run effort. DeGrom pitched seven runs on four hits, one walk, and seven strikeouts in Game 3 of the 2015 NLCS against the Chicago Cubs, putting the Mets ahead 3–0 and within one game of their first World Series appearance since the 2000 Subway Series. DeGrom started Game 2 of the 2015 World Series on October 28; he allowed four runs on six hits and three walks over five innings and lost the game as the Royals went up, 2–0 in the series.

DeGrom was named as the best defensive player at his position in Major League Baseball after the season. In addition, he finished seventh in Cy Young Award voting.

DeGrom refused to sign the $607,000 salary he was given in 2016. DeGrom was obliged by the MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement to accept the compensation paid to him by his club, which was not eligible for wage arbitration. He eventually relented and reluctantly confessed to signing his terms in spring training.

DeGrom pitched a shutout against the Philadelphia Phillies on July 17 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, allowing only one hit and one walk while striking out seven opponents. His game result of 97 was tied for second highest in Mets history in a nine-inning game. DeGrom's last pitching appearance of the season came on September 1, when he met the Miami Marlins. In late September, he underwent season-long surgery on his ulnar nerve to relieve numbness in his elbow and fingers that had blighted him throughout the 2016 season.

For the first time, eligible for salary arbitration, deGrom and the Mets avoided an arbitration hearing by agreeing to a salary of $4.05 million for the 2017 season.

DeGrom played in Citi Field against Joe Ross of the Washington Nationals on June 18, 2017. After hitting his first home run and posting a 0.53 ERA, throwing out eight runs and walking six in 17 innings over two starts, deGrom was named NL Player of the Week for the week of June 12-18. From June 12 to July 24, deGrom won in eight consecutive starts, tied for the first time by Seaver, David Cone, and Bobby Jones. On August 4 of the Dodgers' Yu Darvish and Yasmani Grandal, deGrom received his first stolen base of his career. He was the first Mets pitcher to steal a base since Vivienne Pérez's 2008 retirement.

DeGrom was the only one of the seven potential starting pitchers with the Mets to complete the 2017 season without spending any time on the disabled list. DeGrom posted a record of 15-10 and a 3.53 ERA in the 2017 season. In 2017, DeGrom came eighth in voting for the 2017 NL Cy Young Award.

DeGrom and the Mets also agreed on a $7.4 million salary for the 2018 season. On May 6, the Mets placed deGrom on the 10 day disabled list, retroactive to May 3, with a hyperextended pitching elbow. During his May 2 start against the Braves, DeGrom sustained a minor injury while batting. DeGrom, who has a 1.68 ERA, was named to the 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

Brodie Van Wagenen, deGrom's sports agent, called on the Mets to participate in contract extension talks or "seriously consider trade opportunities now." DeGrom was off to a good start on September 3, getting his 25th straight start. In his last game of the season, DeGrom scored his 1,000th strike out in his last game of the season on September 26 at Citi Field.

DeGrom's season ended with a 1.70 ERA, a major league, and was the third-lowest pitcher with 30 starts in a season after MLB cut the mound following the 1968 season. He led the majors in the lowest home runs per nine innings (0.41). DeGrom was proclaimed the National League Cy Young Award winner on November 14, but he received only one first place vote. His ten victories were the fewest in history by a Cy Young Award-winning starting pitcher. DeGrom came in fifth place in the National League Most Valuable Player poll, and he was the only other than award winner Christian Yelich to earn a first place vote.

Van Wagenen, the Mets' general manager, was hired during the 2018-19 offseason. DeGrom and the Mets have agreed to a $17 million salary for the 2019 season, the most significant annual salary for an arbitration-eligible player. Van Wagenen's first time as a Mets rather than deGrom negotiating, the two teams decided on a five-year, $137.5 million contract extension, with an option for the 2024 season during spring training in 2019. On Opening Day, DeGrom took the Mets' Max Scherzer, the 2018 Cy Young Award runner-up and the 2017 Cy Young Award winner. With 14 batters, DeGrom set a career high in strikeouts in his debut in his next game on April 3rd, the first half of the 2019 season, with a 4–7 record and a 3.27 ERA. In the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, he was then promoted to the NL roster. With a 1.44 ERA and 117 strikeouts, DeGrom had a stellar second half, a 7–1 record and a 7–1 record. He earned his second straight Cy Young Award in a near-unanimous vote, winning 29 of 30 first-place votes, making him the 11th pitcher to win back-to-back Cy Young Awards in history.

The New York Post named him their New York Athlete of the Decade in December 2019, after such competition as Eli Manning, Henrik Lundqvist, Mariano Rivera, and Derek Jeter.

DeGrom led the National League in strikeouts for the second straight season in the shortened 60-game 2020 season. He led the NL in strikeouts per 9 IP (13.765), fourth in WHIP (0.956) and hits per 9 IP (6.221), 4th in ERA, 5th in wild pitches (4), 6th in win-loss percentage (1.67), and 8th in walks per 9 IP (2.382). With 13 bases allowed, he led the NL in stolen bases allowed. His $25 million salary was the 10th-highest in the country. In NL Cy Young Award voting, he came in third place.

In a start against the Washington Nationals on April 23, 2021, deGrom set a new MLB record for most strikeouts in the first four starts of a season with 50. He pitched a complete game shutout with a career-high 15 strikeouts, only 2 hits, and no walks. In addition, deGrom went 2-4 at the plate with two runs and an RBI. He lowered his career ERA to 2.55, setting a new franchise record. For the first time in his career, he was named National League Pitcher of the Month in April. deGrom threw seven scoreless innings against the San Diego Padres on June 5, the lowest ERA for any pitcher in history, with nine starts. DeGrom pitched six scoreless innings against the Padres on June 11, his lowest ERA since his first ten innings of the season. Since the mound was moved to its new location in 1893, DeGrom was also the first pitcher to throw 100 strikeouts in a season, winning the feat in just 621+2/3 innings. More runs batted in on the year (67) than earned runs allowed (4), which was at this point in the season. deGrom's WHIP stood at 0.51 percent through 12 starts. No Major League pitcher has had a WHIP lower than any stretch of 12 starts since at least 1901. He was selected to the 2021 Major League Baseball All-Star Game for his fourth year in a row, but he later announced that he did not participate in it. DeGrom scored his 1,500th strike out against Brewers shortstop Willy Adames on July 7, earning his 1,500th career strikeout. He made it in 198 starts, becoming the second fastest pitcher to reach the record behind Yu Darvish who did it in 197 career starts.

During a bullpen session on July 18, deGrom began to feel tightness in his forearm and was later recalled by the Mets on the 10-day injured list. Later in the month, deGrom started feeling pain in his elbow. An MRI revealed inflammation in his elbow, but there was no evidence of structural damage. DeGrom was moved to the 60-day IL on August 20, to make room for relief pitcher Heath Hembree. DeGrom did not pitch for the remainder of the 2021 season.

With 146 strikeouts and 11 walks in 92 innings, deGrom set a new record in 15 starts and a 1.08 ERA. He was a finalist for the Silver Slugger Award, which was won by Max Fried.

During spring training, DeGrom sustained a stress reaction, the precursor to a stress fracture in his right scapula, causing him to miss the 2022 MLB season. In July 2022, DeGrom began a rehabilitation assignment with the St. Lucie Mets and advanced to the Triple-A Syracuse Mets after two fruitful starts.

On August 2 against the Washington Nationals, DeGrom made his 2022 appearance for the Mets, allowing one run and striking out six in five innings. DeGrom's 39th straight start against the Cubs, with three or fewer earned runs, tied for the Chicago White Sox's most major league record set in 1914. He made a record breaking debut in his next appearance on September 18.

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