N.Y. Mets: A Season of Historic deGromination

From the desk of:  HEAD-BUTTING MR. MET

Jacob deGrom breaks Dwight Gooden's 33-year old record; 

ties 118-year old Major League record.

New York Mets: Jacob deGrom's Bid for Cy Young Award Goes from Epic to Historic.

With no disrespect towards Philadelphia's Aaron Nola, it's safe to say this year's chase for the National League Cy Young Award is a two man race between Washington's Max Scherzer and Flushing's own Jacob deGrom. 

Scherzer's 16-6 record and deGrom's 8-8 record are obviously incomparable.  Otherwise, Scherzer and deGrom are first and second respectively in both WHiP and strikeouts.  However, deGrom leads the majors with a stingy 1.68 ERA, while his 230 strikeouts rank fourth overall.  He additionally leads the National League with a 0.4 HR/9 average and 2.07 FIP.

On April 10, at Miami, in just his third start of the regular season, Jacob allows four earned runs on seven hits and a walk, with six strikeouts through six innings pitched.  Although he earns the rare  victory, it's arguably his worst performance of the season, to date.  Since then, deGrom limits opponents to three runs or less in each of his next 25 starts, thus breaking the Mets record of 24 consecutive starts yielding three runs or less set in 1985 by Dwight Gooden.  Moreover, deGrom also ties the major league record for consecutive starts allowing three runs or fewer set back in 1910 by Chicago Cub King Cole, according to ESPN.

Only four times during the streak has he actually allowed the opposition three runs in a game.  Otherwise he has limited them to two runs or less 21 other times.  For the season, he has allowed but two runs or less in 23 of his 28 starts.

Now in the midst of his fifth season with the Mets, Jacob deGrom's narrative has evolved from being a quietly touted prospect, to Rookie of the Year, to All-Star pitcher, to National League champion, and most recently to Cy Young Award candidate. 

Now we begin his foray into the realm MLB records.