Even though he won the Rookie of the Year award last season, it is likely only the most knowledgeable of baseball fans really know who Jacob deGrom is. That all changed Friday night in sunny Los Angeles, where he had his coming out party.
“Before the game, I was pretty nervous,” said deGrom. “But once I got out there warming up, I kind of settled down. It really went away after the first pitch I threw.”
Given the national stage for the first time, all Jacob deGrom did was outduel Clayton Kershaw, the best pitcher of this generation.