Jacob deGrom may have saved the Mets again without even taking the mound.
The ace will toe the rubber Thursday, trying to avoid a sweep against the Cubs in a critical game, but recently offered some advice that could be key to the Mets getting back the Edwin Diaz they need.
Diaz struck out the side in the Mets’ 10-7 loss to the Cubs on Wednesday night at Citi Field, flashing a wipeout slider that had often gone missing in his season gone wrong. He has started using deGrom’s grip on the pitch, and it accounted for two of the three strikeouts he had in the eighth inning — the other came on a 99 mph fastball — including three straight strikes to Kris Bryant to finish the frame.