Jake at the Break: how does deGrom’s 2018 stack up against past Mets Cy Young winners?

Three Mets pitchers have won Cy Young awards since the team’s inaugural 1962 season: Tom Seaver three times (1969, 1973, 1975), Dwight Gooden in 1985, and R.A. Dickey in 2012. Jacob deGrom was one of, if not the, best pitchers in baseball in the first half of this season, and is on the shortlist for National League Cy Young contenders at the All-Star Break. How does deGrom’s first half stack up to prior Met Cy Young winners at the mid-point of the season? Let’s dig in.

Tom Seaver needs little introduction to even the most casual of Mets fan.