ESPN.com · Apr 4, 2019
Real or not? deGrom the undisputed best pitcher in baseball
My favorite quote of the offseason was National League MVP Christian Yelich saying in an interview that pitching is so good these days that "every hit feels like a miracle." That's some excellent hyperbole, except in the case of Jacob deGrom, where it rings 100 percent absolutely true.
The ace of the New York Mets has entered that rarified zone that few pitchers ever achieve. I like to call it the Gooden Zone, in honor of Dwight Gooden's 1985 season when he went 24-4 with a 1.53 ERA and you were so desperate to catch highlights of his latest masterpiece that you begged your parents to finally pony up and pay for cable TV.