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Originally Posted by thaskalos
It may not be accurate to call Jacob deGrom an "underrated" pitcher...he did after all, win back-to-back Cy Youngs in 2019 and 2020 (he finished 3rd in the voting last year). But I feel that something needs to be said about his performance so far THIS year...which threatens to label him as the best pitcher that baseball history has ever kept stats on.
Consider this:
So far this year...here is what deGrom has accomplished:
Innings................40
Earned Runs.........3
Hits.....................17
Home Runs...........2
Walks...................7
Strike Outs...........65
ERA....................0.68
And for the more "Sybermetric" among us:
ERA+.........567
FIP............1.03
WHIP........0.600
Absolutely incredible, IMO...and by FAR the best pitching numbers that we've ever seen.  |
Era down to 0.62. Whip 0.569. 93k 8 walks. 25 hits 58 inning
Best start in MLB history . Even surpassing Dutch Leonard from 1914 deadball era.
