At times during this dismal Mets season, Jacob deGrom has seemed like a man apart. While the team has floundered around him, deGrom has pitched as well as anyone in baseball. Much of his work, of course, has gone unrewarded, mostly because of poor offense.
If anyone on the Mets had cause to look around in exasperation, it would be deGrom, whose 1.69 earned run average is the best in the National League, even if he only has five wins to show for it.
But publicly, deGrom has held any distress in check — until Saturday, when it appeared to leak out with some uncharacteristic body language.