Now a two-time Cy Young Award winner in back-to-back seasons, New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom has done more than many men have or ever will. As impressive as his numbers are, they’re not the legacy deGrom will leave when he does hang up his cleats—hopefully, many years from now.
Because of deGrom’s late start, he’s behind others in just about any statistic you can rattle off. Only the non-accumulative ones give deGrom an advantage, such as his lifetime ERA which is among one of the greatest of all-time.
I won’t talk Hall of Fame for deGrom.