New York Mets: Jacob deGrom’s no decision against the Cubs puts him on the cusp of MLB history

Despite yet another stellar outing Tuesday night when the New York Mets played the Chicago Cubs, Jacob deGrom could find himself on the wrong side of baseball history for the second time this season.

It really goes without saying at this point, but Jacob deGrom has been nothing short of brilliant for the New York Mets this season.

Despite the team’s underwhelming performance in 2018, the 30-year-old righty finds himself in the middle of a Cy Young-caliber season and has done nothing but strengthen his case for the highest award a Major League pitcher can win.

In his most recent start Tuesday night against the Chicago Cubs, deGrom dominated one of the most potent lineups in Major League baseball over the course of eight innings, punching out 10 batters while allowing just one earned run on the night.

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Unfortunately, as has been the case with most of the time he’s taken the mound this season, deGrom was the victim of yet another tough-luck no-decision despite his stellar outing.

Thanks to yet another poor offensive showing, the Mets were only able to scratch out a single run in the eight frames deGrom pitched.

New York’s performance at the plate was so poor, in fact, that deGrom himself was the player that gave him the run support he needed not to take the loss.

In one of my previous articles, I noted that deGrom’s tough luck has already put him on the wrong side of baseball history. Yet, after Tuesday’s impressive performance, it looks like the Mets’ ace could be on the verge of yet another unfortunate MLB record.

According to StatsCentre, deGrom’s dominant start in Chicago puts him within one more impressive turn on the mound of tying the MLB record for most no decision outings allowing one earned run or fewer.

For a pitcher who leads the league with an incredible 1.68 ERA on the year and finds himself in the top three of almost every National League pitching category imaginable, it’s absolutely mind-boggling that deGrom doesn’t own a 19-8 record at the very least.

Despite his middling 8-8 record on the year, deGrom has seemingly out-pitched the rest of his competition in the NL Cy Young race (I’m looking at you Max Scherzer and Aaron Nola) as the season heads into its final month.

However, the fact that he might not finish the year with a respectable enough win total could be the deciding factor that keeps him from winning the coveted award.

I’m pretty sure I sound like a broken record at this point, but New York needs to start giving their ace the run support he needs to win and they’ve run out of excuses at this point.

After all, this is the same club that’s scored the third-most runs in the National League since the All-Star Break.

In a season where fans have been left wondering what could have been had the Mets stayed healthy, a Jacob deGrom Cy Young win would make 2018 a season that meant something to the fan base.