When a club drafts a pitcher who goes on to be nicknamed “The Franchise,” leads it to a shocking World Series title and is elected to the Hall of Fame on his first try with 98.8 percent of the vote, there is not much debate as to who is the best starter in team history.
For the Mets, it is Tom Seaver and then everyone else.
But after Jacob deGrom, another homegrown Mets ace, shocked the baseball world by signing a five-year, $185 million contract with the Texas Rangers on Friday, it is worth asking: Did he do enough to be called the Mets’ second greatest pitcher?