If I am DeGrom I would demand a trade and refuse to pitch for the Mets again . As a lifelong fan it is just disgusting how they have treated this guy. Last time he pitched, they decided to not use Lugo to save him to start and blew the game. They could have pitched him in a DH yesterday where he could have pitched a complete 7 inning game and been ready for the yankees. Instead he leaves with a 4-1 lead and they blow it again. The teams record when he pitches is amazingly bad for a guy with his stats, between not hitting and mismanaging the bullpen in his relief, it is an utter embarrassment. I can't even watch the Mets anymore.. horrible.
The decision to not start deGrom in the first game back is absolutely baffling. He's well rested, throwing harder than ever... you say "Jake, game 1 is all you" and get a 7-inning CG out of it; save the pen for game 2 (And why was Lugo removed after 9 up and 9 down, 39 pitches?!?!) and then later you get an extra start out of Jake.
Jake should be starting every 5th day, period and you shuffle the other guys around that because the other guys aren't dominant Cy Young guys and Jake is. And you owe it to Jake to give him the 7-inning game when he bullpen has less chances to blow it for him.
Jake has a 2.03 ERA in his last 70 starts and only has 23 wins with 30 no decisions. That's insane.
70 starts:
4+ ER 6 times, 0-4, 2 ND
3 ER 7 times, 0-5, 2 ND
2 ER 16 times, 5-6, 5 ND
1 ER 21 times, 9-2, 10 ND
0 ER 20 times, 9-0, 11 ND
57 starts, 1.28 ERA. more No Decisions than Wins (23 wins, 26 no decisions, 8 losses)