PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Jacob deGrom has yet to watch the start that lingered with him all winter. Maybe he never will. When the Mets righthander reviews films of his games, he typically finds more value in poring over the good ones, not the bad.
But the memory of his Game 2 loss in the World Series still occupies a space beneath his trademark flowing flocks.
“At times, it’s popped into my mind,” deGrom said on Tuesday, after throwing off the mound at the team’s complex here. “I want to get back there and get a chance to redeem myself.