Based on Dave Roberts’s comments that Jacob deGrom will follow Max Scherzer into the 2018 All-Star Game—perhaps a nod to the fact that deGrom would have gotten the deserved nod in a non-D.C. stadium—the Met righty will almost certainly have an opportunity to excel in the 2018 Midsummer Classic. What would he have to do to put himself on a list of the top Mets All-Star performances for (spoiler alert) a second time? Here’s a look back at the most notable and memorable Met performances on the All-Star stage:
Honorable Met-tion: Ron Hunt (1964, Shea Stadium)—Hunt went a quiet 1-3 in the 1964 game as the starting second baseman—alas, not even throwing in a signature HBP (as he did 243 times in his career), but as the first-ever New York Met elected to start the game, he gave fans of the fledgling franchise a personal rooting interest as Shea Stadium hosted the game in its inaugural season.