New York Mets: What Jacob deGrom winning the Cy Young award means – offseason agenda changes

His season was amazing in any era of baseball

For Jacob deGrom in 2018, his season was so dominant that it would have succeeded in any era in baseball history.

The sport is constantly changing. Out is winning with high batting average, small ball, and stalwart starting pitching.

We are ushering in the new era of the game where homer runs, the bullpen, and wild personalities are what builds stars and are who are glorified.

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The game is changing. That is okay, learn to accept it and love it.

But that is why Jacob deGrom’s Cy Young means so much.

Analytic era, home run era, the WAR era, whatever you want to call this, if you compared it to the eras of baseball before it, deGrom still would have won.

Sure, maybe back in the day his lack of wins would have cost him the award, but no matter the era of baseball, it was his ERA, his strikeouts, and his ability that won him the award.

Great pitches, knowing when to use them, and being the best player on your team is what a star pitcher should be.

No matter how many things are changing in this sports, the way deGrom dominated his opponents this season, will never expire.

I don’t even feel the need to share his stats because they were so impressive, he won the Cy Young. That speaks for itself.

So, his 2018 season reflects something, the only thing that will never change about baseball, a sport that has seen so much change the last decade, that if you are so darn good, nothing else matters.

Dominance is always a reflection of talent.