The minute Noah Syndergaard went down, the Mets rotation was doomed to be a weak point. That is except for one big name: Jacob deGrom. The 29-year-old righty posted a 5.0 WAR in 2017 as was easily the best player on either side of the ball for the Amazin’s.
Not sure if this is out there already, but deGrom will get $7.4 million in 2018 per a source.
As such, this new deal worth $7.4 million is surely deserved. DeGrom gets a nice raise from his salary last season of $4.