Great opportunity has vanished. Once enjoying a full house, the NL New York baseball organization is now holding an ace and a jack while hoping for the perfect river.
Proactivity has been traded for reactivity concerning, arguably, the best starting pitcher in the National League.
During the MLB campaign of 2018, Jacob deGrom came of NL Cy Young age. The Metropolitans homegrown product pitched like a maniac. Never has he put forth such baseball silliness (1.70 ERA, 0.912 WHIP, 260 strikeouts in 217 innings pitched).
It was a pitching year for the ages during a lost team season.