"It makes me go out there and want to out-do them," deGrom said. "I'm looking forward to that start."
The Mets have not announced their NLDS rotation, but they have dropped enough hints to indicate that deGrom will pitch Game 1, followed by Noah Syndergaard in Game 2, Harvey in Game 3 and Steven Matz in Game 4. The order could change, and even the personnel, with Bartolo Colon still technically a candidate. But it is by far the Mets' most likely rotation.
What it means is that deGrom, in order to give the Mets their first playoff series lead since Game 1 of the 2006 NL Championship Series against the Cardinals, will need to outpitch either Kershaw or Greinke.