Jacob deGrom (Part One) 2014 Rookie of the Year & 2015 Mets NL Pennant Winning Starter (2014 - 2017)

Jacob Anthony deGrom was born on June 19th, 1988, in De Leon Florida. The six foot four right-handed pitcher, began his career as a short stop, transitioning to a pitcher in 2010. 

That year he was drafted out of Stetson University, as a ninth-round draft pick of the New York Mets.

In 2010 he pitched at Kingsport in the Rookie league going 1-1 with a 5.19 ERA. 

He missed all of 2011 after having Tommy John surgery. 

In 2012 deGrom was back at A ball starting out with the Savannah Sand Gnats. He ended the year at advanced A ball St. Lucie, going 3-0 with a 2.08 ERA. He struck out 18 batters, walking six in 21 innings. 

In 2013 he reported to Spring Training but had a broken finger, after being kicked by a calf while working on a friend's cattle ranch.

In 2013 he made the journey from St. Lucie (1-0) to AA Binghamton where he was 2-5 with a 4.80 ERA. He was promoted to AAA Las Vegas when Zack Wheeler was brought up to the Mets, where he went 4-2 with a 4.52 ERA, striking out 63 batters walking 24 in 75 innings pitched.

Quotes: Jacob deGrom: "When I started in St. Lucie, I thought I’d probably end up in Binghamton to end the year. And then I got the chance to pitch in Vegas and pitched pretty well in the beginning. That helped me stay. And I was thankful for that opportunity.” 

In his minor league career, he is 21-11 with a 3.76 ERA, 267 Ks & 82 walks in 323 innings. 

Family: On Christmas 2013 he got engaged to his fiancé Stacey.

In 2014 he was invited to Mets Spring Training & was very impressive at the very start of camp. In the first Spring game, he pitched two scoreless innings then afterward did his first interview with Kevin Burkhardt. 

Trivia: He was one of three Mets players in Spring Training with a small "d" to start his last name along with Travis d'Arnaud & Matt denDekker.

In 2014 Jacob began the season at AAA Las Vegas, going 4-0 with 29 strike outs, ten walks & a 2.58 ERA in seven starts. He was so impressive he earned a promotion to the Mets big league club, getting a spot in the rotation. At first, he was not considered a top prospect, but he turned out to be an outstanding surprise & one of the NL's top Rookies.

MLB Debut: On May 15th, deGrom made his MLB debut coming in a subway series game at Citi Field. He had a fine outing overall, he started out pitching six shutout innings, striking out six batters, walking one. 

In the 7th inning he walked Mark Teixeira & gave up his only run, a double to Alfonzo Siriano. It was all the AL New Yorkers needed as four pitchers combined to shut out the Mets as deGrom took a tough 1-0 loss. It was the longest outing a Mets rookie pitcher had in a debut since Brent Gaff's .2 innings in 1982. 

First Career Hit: In that game he collected his first career hit, coming in his first career at bat, one of just three Mets hits on the day. Matt Harvey was the last Mets pitcher to collect a hit in his first career at bat in 2012. It was also the first hit of any Mets pitcher that season breaking a horrific 0-64 streak. 

His next start was against a hot L.A. Dodgers team, he allowed three runs on four hits in six innings taking his second loss.

On May 26th, deGrom pitched into the 7th inning, not allowing a run & just five hits. He allowed a season high five walks & struck out four, earning no decision in a 5-3 Mets loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

 On May 31st he was sporting a 1.83 ERA, as he started his first road game, it came in Philadelphia against Kyle Kendrick. 

deGrom pitched into the 7th inning, allowing three runs on three hits. He struck out eleven batters, the first of four times that season he would have double figures in strike outs. The Mets came back to win the game, but deGrom did not get a decision.

On June 5th, as the Mets got swept at Wrigley Field, deGrom gave up four runs on five hits, but did not earn a decision. 

After recording four quality starts to start out his career, he was still seeking his first career win.

From the 2nd inning of the June 5th loss to the 2nd inning of an August 7th loss, deGrom set a Mets rookie record for not allowing a HR in 67.1 innings, passing Mark Bomback's 1980 mark of 60.1 innings.

On June 11th he took his third loss, coming at Citi Field to the Milwaukee Brewers. Jacob gave up three runs, as the Mets were held down to a run by Wily Peralta for 6.1 innings & then finished off by the Brewer bullpen.

On June 16th deGrom had his worst outing of the year; the St. Louis Cards scored six runs on twelve hits, as he exited in the 5th inning. deGrom’s ERA reached a season worst 4.39, as he fell to 0-4.

First Career Victory: On June 21st in South Florida, deGrom earned his first career win.
deGrom tossed seven shutout innings against the Marlins, striking out seven, while earning his first career win in the Mets 4-0 victory.

In his next start he took a no decision at Pittsburgh.  He started out July taking a 3-1 loss to Julio Teheran & the Braves in Atlanta.

The young pitcher had pitched well allowing more than three runs in two of his first 17 games. He had some hard luck early on as the club hadn’t scored more than five in runs in any game, he had pitched until July 8th. 

In fact, the Mets had scored just eight runs over the four previous games deGrom started. 

deGrom closed out the first half of the season collecting back-to-back wins for the first time.

NL Rookie of the Month: On July 8th he threw another seven-shutout innings, matching his season high 11 strike outs in an 8-3 win over the Braves at Citi Field. It was his second victory & a historic one for the Mets, as it was the teams 4000th franchise victory. The eight runs were the most run support he had gotten all season from the Met offense.

On July 13th, he won his third game, in a 9-1 win over the Marlins at Citi Field. He had only allowed one run in seven innings, striking out eight, walking two. He had allowed just one run in his previous 14 innings. 

That night he also collected his first career RBI with a 4th inning base hit off Brad Hand scoring Chris Young

deGrom went into the All-Star break with a 3-5 record, 72 strike outs & a 3.18 ERA. In the second half he would go 6-1 with 72 strike outs 15 walks & a 2.16 ERA in ten starts.

On July 22nd, deGrom brought his talent up to the Northwest, as he shut down the hot Seattle Mariners with his third straight win. In seven innings, he allowed just one run, striking out seven & walking one in the 3-1 Mets win. 

On July 27th, at Milwaukee, he pitched 6.1 shutout innings against the Brewers, scattering four hits & fanning four, earning his fourth straight win. He lowered his ERA under three to 2.79. 

Over the past four games, deGrom had only allowed two earned runs in 21 innings pitched & struck out thirty batters.  That month he earned his first Rookie of the Month honors.

Fourth Straight Win & No Hitter into the 7th: On August 2nd, deGrom pitched a no hitter against the Giants at Citi Field into the 7th inning. With two outs Pablo Sandoval ruined the no hit bid with a double to left field. The Citi Field crowd gave deGrom a nice ovation.

 deGrom went on to give up two runs, the first runs he had given up in 15.1 innings & four hits in the 4-2 win. 

He earned his fourth straight victory becoming the first Mets rookie to win four straight games in a season pitching more than six innings & allowing no more than one run each time. He also struck out seven in beating the eventual World Champs & pitcher Jake Peavy. Peavy fell to 1-11 on the year. 

Mets Triva: It was the third longest no-hit bid by a Mets rookie in team history. Randy Tate 7.1 innings (1975) & Dwight Gooden 7.0 innings (1984).

At this point he had got his record up to 6-5 with a 2.77 ERA, getting a lot of attention around the league.

deGrom went on the 15-day DL, with tendonitis in his rotator cuff. Luckily, he was able to return on August 23rd. He made a start in Washington, getting no decision giving up three runs in six innings in a 5-3 Mets loss. In his next start he gave up five runs to the Dodgers in Los Angeles, the second most he allowed in a start all season, as he took the loss to fall to 6-6.

On August 29th, at Citi Field he put seven inning one run performance over the Phillies to get his seventh victory. The run was unearned, a result of a Lucas Duda throwing error. deGrom struck out five & walked two earning his seventh victory.

From August 29th thru the end of the season, he did not allow a HR in his last 35 innings, the third longest streak among active starters at the time.

NL Rookie of the Month: In September deGrom became the second Met to win two NL ROM Awards in the same season, since its inception in 2003. Justin Turner had won it twice in 2011.

On September 3rd, the Mets went to Miami, beating the Marlins 4-3, with deGrom earning no decision. He pitched six innings allowing just one run, lowering his ERA to 2.87. 

8 Inning Shut Out: On September 9th, deGrom won his eighth game of the year, with a spectacular eight inning shutout over the Rockies at Citi Field. He struck out nine & did not issue any walks. Curtis Granderson & Juan Lagares drove in the two Mets runs & three pitchers closed out the 9th inning. 

deGrom lowered his ERA to 2.69, making him the third rookie pitcher, along with Tom Seaver & Dwight Gooden to have an ERA under three in their first 20 starts.

Record Tying 8 K's to Start a Game: On September 15th at Citi Field, he tied a modern-day MLB record (held by Jim Deshaises in 1986) of striking out the first eight batters he faced in a game. The previous Mets record was six by Pete Falcone (1980). The eight straight strikeouts were a franchise second best to Tom Seaver's ten straight K's on April 22nd, 1970.

deGrom struck out a season high 13 batters for his third double digit strike out game of the season. He walked just two batters, making the 12 straight start where he allowed two walks of less. But he gave up three runs to the Marlins in seven innings of work & was the losing pitcher in the 6-5 loss.

On September 21st, he struck out ten Braves in Atlanta, reaching the double figures in strike outs for the fourth time on the season. He gave up two runs on three hits in six innings pitched, earning his 9th victory of the year. 

deGrom at the Veterans Day Parade 2014 in NY

It was his final start of the year as the team chose to shut him down for his final start. 

deGrom won eight of his last nine decisions. 

Jacob ended the season winning the Rookie Triple Crown for pitchers. He went 9-6 with a 2.69 ERA. He struck out 144 batters & walked 43 in 140 innings pitched, making 22 starts.

Rookie of the Year Award: deGrom won the NL Rookie of the Year Award, becoming the fifth Mets Player to win the award. He was the fourth Mets pitcher in team history to earn the ROY: Tom Seaver (1967) Jon Matlack (1972) & Dwight Gooden (1984).

He was also won the Players Choice ML Outstanding Rookie & the Sporting New Rookie of the Year.

Quotes- Jacob deGrom: "It's great to be recognized by your fellow players. Knowing your peers think this highly of you is extremely gratifying, but Spring Training will be here before you know it and I want to focus on next season and helping the team make the postseason."

Family: In the off season, he married his longtime girlfriend Stacey Harris, in a ceremony in Florida. The two originally met through mutual friends at a bull riding event. They honeymooned in Hawaii.

Trivia: deGrom has become a very popular Met very quickly, certainly his great pitching & Rookie of the Year Award has helped that.

Hair: deGrom's long hair gave him a distinct look, helping make him a Mets folk hero. When he thought about a hair cut in the off season, the club begged him not too. In his honor team mascot, Mr. Met actually donned a deGrom style wig in 2014.

Music Trivia: When he took the mound at Citi Field, his choice of warm up music was Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Simple Man".

2015 NL Championship Season: 2015 began with lots of excitement around a strong Mets pitching staff.

On April 8th, in his first start he gave up just two runs but took a 2-1 loss to Jordan Zimmerman (six innings) & the Nationals bullpen.

On April 13th, he shut out the Philadelphia Phillies over seven innings, earning a 2-0 Mets win. 

On April 18th he shut out the Miami Marlins at Citi Field, earning his second win. It was the Mets seventh straight win in a what was to be a season high 11 game win streak. Dating back to his first start deGrom had pitched 18.1 scoreless innings, posting an 0.93 ERA.

On April 24th, he gave up a season high six runs, including three HRs in a subway series loss in
the Bronx. The loss ended a Mets season best 11 game win streak, as they were 4.5 game up in first place.

In his next start he gave up five runs to the Nationals, drawing some concern about his pitching. But it was to be the only time all season he lost back-to-back starts. He was 2-3 with a 3.34 ERA.

deGrom Garden Gnome Day: On May 2nd, 2015, the Mets held a Jacob deGrom Garden gnome Day in his honor. "I think the gnome is cool, it's funny. It's special that I am the first Mets' player to have a gnome. I might stick in my bag and take it on the road when we travel. 

On May 6th, he had a nine strike out, one run seven inning performance over the Orioles at Citi Field to get back to 3-3.  On May 11th, deGrom took a loss to the Cubs at Wrigley Field, allowing four runs on five hits, serving up HRs to Kris Brown & Anthony Rizzo.

From May 16th to August 18th, over his next 16 starts he went 9-2 with the league's best ERA at 1.44.

First Met Pitcher to Collect 2 Hits in an Inning: On May 16th, deGrom got back to .500 with a win over the Milwaukee Brewers. In that game he collected three hits, with a 2nd inning RBI single off Matt Garza. deGrom became the first Mets pitcher to ever have two hits in the same inning. They came in the season high ten run 4th inning, in the 14-1 victory. He also had the first of his two- three game hit streaks on the season.

8 Inning One Hitter: On May 21st, he had his best start of the year, it came at Citi Field in a 5-0 shut out of the Cardinals. After allowing a 1st inning single to Matt Carpenter, deGrom shut down the next 23 Cardinal batters he faced. 

In eight innings, deGrom allowed one hit, shutting out the Cards while striking out a season high eleven batters. He was the fourth Mets pitcher to strike out ten batters, walk no one & allow one hit or less in a start. Had Jeurys Familia did not surrender a hit in the ninth inning, the Mets would have had their 39th one-hitter.

In his next start he pitched into the 8th inning allowing just two runs but earned no decision in what a Mets 5-4 win was. 

Player of the Week Award: On June 1st in San Diego, he had another outstanding start, shutting out the Padres for eight innings, allowing two hits, walking no one & striking out eight in a 7-0 win.

Six days later on June 7th, he bested his record to 7-4 with a 6-3 win over the D-backs at Arizona. In seven innings he gave up three runs (two earned) striking out ten, reaching double digits for the second time on the year. That week he earned the co-Player of the Week Award with the Dodgers, Clayton Kershaw.

On June 13th at Citi Field, he allowed just one run to the Braves in seven innings, exiting with a 3-0 lead. After the game he said it was the best he felt mechanically all season. But Hansel Robles blew the save as the Braves tied it. Carlos Torres lost the game in extra innings as the Mets took a heart breaking 5-3 loss. In his next start he took a 2-1 loss to the Braves Matt Wisler in Atlanta.

8 Inning Shut Out: On June 25th in Milwaukee, deGrom shut out the Brewers for eight innings, giving up just four hits while striking out seven & walking no one in a 2-0 win over the Brewers.

In July after a loss he won two more games first winning at San Francisco, beating Jake Peavey while striking out ten batters & then helped the Mets avoid a sweep in Washington as he beat the Nationals in a six inning two run performance.

2015 All Star Game: In 2015 deGrom was named to his first All-Star Team. 

He entered the Mid-Summer Classic at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati in the 6th inning with the AL leading 3-1. deGrom was outstanding striking out Stephen Vogt, Jason Kipnis & Jose Iglesias. He became the first pitcher in All Star history to strike out three players with 10 or less pitches in a single inning. The AL went on to a 6-3 win.

After the break, he earned his tenth victory of the year with a win over the Nationals in Washington D.C. He lowered his ERA to 2.18.

On July 26th in an NLDS preview with the LA Dodgers, deGrom went up against Zack Greinke. He shut out the Dodgers on just two hits into the 8th inning, lowering his ERA to 2.05. The Mets went on to a 3-2 walk off win, as newly acquired Met Juan Uribe provided the heroics.

In August the Mets went on a tear with the additions of Yoenis Cespedes, Kelly Johnson, Juan Uribe as well as rookies, Michael Conforto & Steven Matz.

deGrom would go 2-1 in the month, but the team would win five of his six starts. 

On August 1st, he allowed two runs in six innings to the Nat's earning no decision in the Mets 3-2 win. Lucas Duda hit two HRs & had an RBI double driving in all three runs.

On August 12th deGrom shut out the Colorado Rockies at Citi Field for seven innings, striking out ten batters once again while earning his 11th win of the year. 

On August 18th, he beat the Orioles at Camden Yards to get to 12-6 lowering his ERA under two (1.98).

Mets Franchise First: deGrom became the first Mets pitcher to pitch at least seven innings & allow two or fewer hits in five starts in a single season. Only four other MLB pitchers had ever done it before.

On August 29th, he took a 3-1 loss to Joe Kelly & the Red Sox at Citi Field, breaking his personal four game win streak. In that game he struck out ten, reaching double digits in strike outs for the fifth time on the season & the ninth time in his career. 

On September 9th in Washington D.C., deGrom beat Steven Strasburg & the Nationals in a 5-3 Mets win, putting the Nat's seven games behind the Mets pretty much finishing them off for the year. 

On September 27th, the day after the Mets clinched the NL East title, deGrom beat the Reds in Cincinnati earning his final win of the regular season.

He would pitch four innings of the 1-0 Mets win over the Nat's in the final game of the regular season as well.

For 2015 deGrom followed up his Rookie of the Year season going 14-8 (7th most wins in the NL) with a .636-win loss % (9th best in the NL) 

He posted a 2.54 ERA (4th best in the NL). Only Tom Seaver, Dwight Gooden & the Reds Gary Nolan had better ERAs over their first two seasons.

Opposing baters hitting just .215 against deGrom (5th lowest average for NL pitchers).

deGrom struck out 205 batters (8th most in the NL) with a 9.66 strike out per nine inning ratio (5th best in the NL). He was the 11th Mets pitcher to pass the 200 K mark in franchise history.

He posted a 5.35 strikeout/base on balls ratio (fifth best in the NL). Overall, he walked just 38 batters in 191 innings, for 1.79 walks per nine innings ratio (8th best in the NL). deGrom made 30 starts on the year.

2015 NLDS: In the NLDS win over the Dodgers, deGrom opened up the Mets post season getting the first start over Matt Harvey. 

deGrom went up against another of the league's best pitchers Clayton Kershaw.

deGrom was outstanding shutting out the Dodgers for seven innings, tying Tom Seaver's post season record (1973 World Series) striking out 13 batters. deGrom gave up five hits & walked one.

He threw 121 pitches beating Kershaw& the Dodgers 3-1. Daniel Murphy hit a solo HR &

David Wright a two-run single. 

On Friday October 9th, 2015, the Mets played their first post season game in a decade, it was in front of 54,428 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

The Mets had a two game to one series lead, but Kershaw beat the Mets in Game #4 at Citi Field to force a final Game #5 back in Los Angeles. On October 15th Jacob deGrom went up against Zack Greinke in the series finale.

In the top of the 1st, Daniel Murphy doubled in the Mets first run. In the bottom of the 1st, deGrom had a rough start, allowing four straight singles giving the Dodgers a 2-1 lead. But deGrom shut down the Dodgers scoring from that point on. Over the next five innings he allowed no runs on two hits & three walks.

In the 6th the Mets went ahead on Daniel Murphy's HR. deGrom left the game as the winning
pitcher of record. In the 7th, Noah Syndergaard came in relief & pitched a scoreless inning. Jeurys Familia came on in the 8th & collected a six out save. The Mets won the series & were heading to the NLCS.

2015 NLCS Game #3: The Mets took the first two games, beating the Chicago Cubs in both
games at Citi Field.

Game #3 was the first NLCS game that Wrigley Field had hosted since the 2003 NLCS when a fan interfered with a foul ball Moises Alou was about to catch. The inning continued with the Marlins rallying & going on to the victory.

An excited sellout crowd filled the Friendly Confines, as Jacob deGrom went for the Mets, looking for his third straight post season win. He went up against the Cubs Kyle Hendricks (8-7 / 3.49 ERA / 167 Ks).

In the Mets 1st, David Wright singled & was brought home by Yoenis Cespedes' double to left field. 

The Cubs tied it in the bottom of the 1st as Kyle Schwaber, homered off deGrom. Two out singles by Anthony Rizzo & Starlin Castro got the Cubs fans excited, but deGrom got Jorge Soler to ground out to Wilmer Flores. A 29-pitch shaky inning, ended with just one run.

This was a night where deGrom did not have his best fastball but pitched like an All Star & made his off-speed stuff work.

In the 2nd deGrom retired the Cubs in order.  In the top of the 3rd, Daniel Murphy hit his fifth straight post season HR, tying an MLB record.

In the 4th, deGrom served up a solo HR to Jorge Soler. But then he settled back in, retiring the side in order in each of the next three innings. 

His line for the night was seven innings. allowing two runs on four hits with one walk & seven strike outs while earning the win. 

He joined Jerry Koosman (1969 & 1973) as the only other Mets pitcher to win three consecutive post season starts. 

In the 6th, Yoenis Cespedes scored the go ahead run when a third strike got passed catcher Miguel Montero. In the 7th, David Wright doubled & Daniel Murphy reached on an infield hit. Cespedes collected an RBI single & Murphy scored on a bouncer to Anthony Rizzo at first, making it 5-2 Mets.

Tyler Clippard & Jeurys Familia closed out the game with the Mets ahead three games to none. The Mets were one win away from the World Series & on the next night they completed the sweep of the Cubs.

2015 World Series: In the World Series, the Mets lost Game #1 to the Royals in extra innings at Kansas City.

In Game #2 Jacob deGrom rolled thru the first four innings, but in the 5th gave up five base hits & a walk, as the Royals scored four runs taking a 4-1 lead. 

Johnny Cueto shut down the Mets offense allowing one run on a two hitter. deGrom gave up four runs on six hits, with three walks & two strike outs in five innings, taking the loss.

2015 Post Season Stats: deGrom went 3-1 in the post season, making four starts allowing 8 runs on 21 hits with 29 strike outs & 8 walks in 25 innings posting a 2.57 ERA.

2016 Mets Wild Card Season: In 2016 deGrom had a fantastic April. He started the Mets third game of the season; the home Opener at Citi Field as the Mets raised the NL Championship flag.

In a 7-2 win over the Phillies, he allowed just one run over six innings, giving up five hits striking out six.

Leave of Absence: Jacob's wife gave birth to their first child Jaxon, shortly after Opening Day. The baby had breathing issues & deGrom took emergency leave until the child recovered. deGrom tossed a few pitches at Port St. Lucie & returned to the Mets.

On April 24th he returned to the rotation. In Atlanta he gave up eight hits but held the Braves to one run, as the Mets went on to a 3-2 win earning deGrom his second victory of the year. 

On April 30th, a Wilmer Flores error at third base led to three unearned runs. 

In six innings deGrom didn't allow any earned runs & got to 3-0 with a 1.02 ERA, as the Mets beat Matt Cain & the Giants at Citi Field 6-5.

In May his troubles with injuries began & they would haunt his whole season. 

On May 5th, he took a loss to the Padres, as the Mets were swept in San Diego. In his next five starts he took no decisions, on May 10th, he gave up two runs in the Dodgers in Los Angeles, but the Mets took a 3-2 loss. 

He then gave up three runs in a loss at Colorado then gave up four runs to the Brewers, but the Mets won the game 5-4. On May 27th he allowed just one run to the Dodgers at Citi Field, leaving with a 4-1 lead. Jeurys Familia blew the save but the Mets won it on Curtis Granderson's walk off HR. 

On June 1st, he struck out a season high ten batters, allowing just one run to the White Sox at Citi Field but seven White Sox pitchers held the Mets to a run as well in a 2-1 loss. In that five no decisions deGrom posted a 3.06 ERA.

In June deGrom went 0-3, despite never allowing more than three runs in a start. He had four straight losing decisions over the two-month period, not having won a game since April 30th despite having a 2.67 ERA.

In July things better. On July 1st, the Mets gave him some run support, as he allowed one run & beat the Cubs 10-2 at Citi Field to get to 4-4 on the season.

On July 6th, he beat the Miami Marlins at Citi Field, giving up two runs & striking out seven for the second straight game as he got over the .500 mark at 5-4 with a 2.61 ERA.

One Hit Shut Out: On July 17th, deGrom pitched one of the best games of his career, tossing a one hit complete game shutout over the Phillies in Philadelphia. After retiring the first eight batters, pitcher Zach Eflin singled to center field. deGrom retired the next 13 batters before walking Ryan Howard in the 8th inning, his only base on balls of the game. 

He then retired the next five Phillies ending the game with the one hit shutout, while striking out seven batters for third straight game. deGrom threw 105 pitches in the victory.

Trivia: It was the fifth time in franchise history where an opposing pitcher got the only hit in a Mets pitcher's complete game one hitter. It was also the 39th one hitter thrown in Mets history, the first since Matt Harvey & Bobby Parnell combined in 2013.

From July 28th to August 13th, deGrom gave up two earned runs in 27.2 innings over four starts for a 0.65 ERA. 

20 Scoreless Inning Streak: On July 28th, he threw seven shutout innings over the Rockies at Citi Field. He took no decision as the Mets took a 2-1 loss on a blown save by Jeurys Familia. 

deGrom would shut out the AL New York team for another seven innings in his next start, then the Tigers in Detroit for six more innings extending his scoreless inning streak to twenty innings. 

On August 2nd he earned his last win of the year, beating the AL New York club in a 7-1subway series victory. He pitched seven shutout innings allowing four hits, striking out eight & walking one.

On August 7th in Detroit, he allowed just one run on seven hits but earned no decision as Anibal Sanchez also held the Mets to a run. The won it when Neil Walker hit a 9th inning two run HR.

On August 13th, deGrom gave up one run on just three hits to the Padres at Citi Field but took another no decision as Jeurys Familia blew another save, although the Mets won it in the 11th on a Wilmer Flores Walk off fielder's choice. 

On August 18th in San Francisco, he had his worst start of the year, giving up eight runs then five
more in his next start in St. Louis. Something was obviously wrong. On September 1st he pitched five innings at Citi Field giving up three more runs before being removed. It was his last start of the year as he went on the DL.

Surgery: On September 21st he had surgery to repair the ulnar nerve in his right elbow.

The Mets missed him dearly in the September stretch & the post season. The Mets made the playoffs but lost the Wild Card game to the San Francisco Giants.

deGrom closed out 2016 at 7-8 with a 3.04 ERA, striking out 143 batters & walking 36 in 148 innings pitched, 24 starts. Since his first start in 2014, he had posted a 2.74 ERA third best among pitchers in that time.

2017: deGrom had a successful Spring Training in 2017, getting ready for a big return.

He pitched six innings of shut out ball in his 2017 debut, on the second game of the season, as the Mets lost 3-1 to the Atlanta Braves He then had no decision in the Mets 4-3 win at Philadelphia a week later.

On April 15th he started a three-game stretch where would strike out ten or more batters. It wasn't until April 28th when he defeated the Nationals in D.C. that he earned his first win, a 12 K performance where he walked just one. The Mets helped him out with a big 16 run out put in his next start, earning his second win, although he gave up five runs in five innings. 

Through mid-May he was leading the NL in strike outs & on a four-game win personal winning streak. He then had two bad outings giving up seven runs to the Brewers at home & eight runs to the Rangers in Texas.

Player of the Week Award: On June 12th he pitched a complete game one run, five hit victory over the Cubs. On June 18th he allowed one run, unearned in another eight innings of work in a 5-1 win over the Nationals.

First Career HR: In the bottom of the 3rd inning, deGrom hit his first career HR, coming off the Nationals Joe Ross. 

That week he went 2-0 allowing just one earned run in 17 innings pitched striking out six batters in each of the two wins, earning him a Player of the Week Award.

In his next two June starts he allowed just one run each time, collecting two more wins to have a personal four straight win streak. On June 24th, he pitched into the 7th inning in a win at San Francisco. On June 30th, deGrom beat the Phillies & Ben Lively 2-1 as he struck out 12 batters for third time on the season. It was his sixth game of the season where he reached double digits in strike outs.

In July he continued his win streak, with a July 7th win in St. Louis, despite giving up a season high four HRs.

On July 14th he earned his tenth win of the year, as he struck out 11 Rockies pitching eight innings allowing two runs on four hits in a 14-2 Mets win

On July 19th, he won his eighth straight game, in a win at San Diego. He became the fourth Mets pitcher after Tom Seaver (1969) David Cone (1988) & Bobby Jones (1997) to win eight consecutive games. In that stretch he posted a 1.61 ERA.  

On August 4th, deGrom's winning streak came to an end as he took a loss to the LA Dodgers giving up two HRs as Yu Darvish shut out the Mets for seven innings in a combined L.A. shutout 

On August 10th deGrom struck out nine Phillies, while shutting them out into the 7th inning as the New York rolled to a 10-0 combined shutout victory. deGrom went to 13-5 with a 3.21 ERA.

He then had two poor outings in a row where he allowed five runs to the AL New York team & the Marlins.

On August 25th he earned his 14th win of the year, matching his career high, in a one run performance in D.C. against the Nationals, where he struck out ten batters. He passed the 200-strike mark becoming the fourth Mets pitcher Tom Seaver, Dewight Gooden & David Cone to have multiple 200 K seasons.

deGrom took three losses in his final four decisions of the year. On September 5th, he gave up six runs for the third time on the year, in a 10-8 Mets loss in Arlington, Texas.

On September 16th he won his career high 15th game, beating the Braves in Atlanta, striking out seven.

deGrom was certainly one of the only highlights of a poor Mets season. The Mets finished fourth going 70-92, when pitching in games after a Mets loss he was 12-5 throughout the year.

He went 15-11, setting a career high in wins, posting the sixth most wins in the NL & was one of nine 15 game winners. 

He was second in the NL in strike outs (239) a career high & was third in Ks per nine innings (10.64). His 234 Ks were ninth best in a single season in franchise history.

He pitched a career high up to that point in his career, 201 innings pitched (5th in the NL) in 31 starts. deGrom posted a 3.53 ERA (10th in the NL). He walked 59 batters. deGrom was 8th in the Cy Young voting.

At the plate he collected 15 hits going 15-71 to bat .211 with a HR & four RBIs. His 15 hits were the Most since Mike Hampton's 20 in 2000. That season he also set a Mets franchise record for a pitcher by making his tenth career pinch hit appearance.