New York Mets: Jacob deGrom swoops in to take series MVP against Miami

The New York Mets have competed the series sweep against the Marlins and Jacob deGrom proved there is not a single thing he cannot do. deGrom takes MVP of the series.

The New York Mets needed a massive game from Jacob deGrom on Wednesday night if they wanted a chance at sweeping the Miami Marlins, boy, a massive game they got. deGrom not only hit a home run to give himself run support, but he struck out a career hight 14 batters and didn’t give up a single run. His ERA on the season remains at 0.00 in two starts.

Note: At the end of every series the Mets play this year, I am going to come here and reward a ‘MVP of the Series.’ It will simply be who I think helped the Mets all things considered. At the end of the year, I will see who has the most ‘MVP awards’ to help crown the ‘best’ Met of 2019. 

When I said all things considered for this award, I meant it. Right before deGrom his last six innings of the game, I was sure I was going to give this series to Amed Rosario. I was convinced that his go-ahead RBI on Monday night, him catching some of the last outs to help win on Tuesday along with two RBIs, and another RBI to open the action Wednesday, was going to put him over the edge.

However, I simply do not care that deGrom only played in one game this series. It is easy to argue that players who were out there and succeeded every day should be acknowledged, but deGrom was simply too excellent his start this series.

deGrom might have pitched his best game ever, let alone the best performance from anyone this series. It was his 26th consecutive quality start, tying an MLB record he now shared with Bob Gibson. Again, this is baseball immortality, not just Mets vs Marlins immortality.

deGrom’s start, and he brought the offense himself too, now has the Mets sitting beautifully at 5-1. That is a solid record to begin the season for any team. But next up for the Mets is the home opener at Citi Field where Noah Syndergaard will try to pitch a gem himself, then a much needed off day for the Mets.

Many Mets players contributed this series. I already talked about Rosario, but Pete Alonso hit his first career home run this series, the Mets as a team quadrupled their home run total on the season this series, and they won all three games.

Really, every player could have a legit case to be the MVP of this Marlins series. When you are playing a bad team with an intentionally bad roster, it might be easy to look great. But still, the cream will always rise to the top. Jacob deGrom took a bad lineup and made them look flat out silly. It takes a special kind of player to do that. It is nearly the same lineup that Jason Vargas struggled against the night before, deGrom was magic.

deGrom gets the MVP of this series. His next start is projected to be against the Twins in a short two-game series next week, I’d imagine he has a chance to win ‘MVP’ for that one too.

Anyway, up next for the Mets is a three game, four-day series against the Nationals. All of them are day games barring weather. The Mets will have six of their first nine games against the Washington Nationals this season, all during the day too. Crazy stuff. This one if for deGrom, though. Nothing but respect for the best pitcher in baseball.

*’MVP’ Counter: deGrom 1, Alonso 1*