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New York Mets: The Dominance of Jacob deGrom

New York Mets ace and back to back Cy Young winner, Jacob deGrom, was always a good pitcher, but over the last two seasons he has taken his game to an elite level. Not everything was sunshine and rainbows for him, during the 2017 seasons there were trying times for deGrom.

To think Jake crying in the dugout after the worst start of his career catapulted him from dominant pitcher to the game's best… pic.twitter.com/a8PtfvgCxa

— Shannon (@Miss_Met) November 14, 2019

In 2017, deGrom’s ERA was inflated to 4.