When Jacob deGrom takes the mound, the theme from “Jaws” should play this season.
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man” is a good fit for deGrom’s low-key life, but that warm-up song doesn’t set up 2019.
Once you have the taste of one Cy Young Award, you want another.
“It’s like a shark, once they taste blood they want more,’’ Mets pitching coach Dave Eiland said of his superstar right-hander and the quest for a second Cy Young Award.
Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright finished second in the Cy Young voting twice and third twice. When he watches deGrom, he sees a shark fin circling the mound.