Perhaps no player is more important to the New York Mets‘ chances of contending in 2018 than ace Jacob deGrom. After missing time early this spring with an injury, the now-short-haired righty looked to be in midseason form on Friday against the Baltimore Orioles, fanning eight batters over five innings of work.
No more flow? No problem.@JdeGrom19 struck out 8 batters today. ud83dude2f #SpringTraining pic.twitter.com/58In1BhBXE
— MLB (@MLB) March 16, 2018
“I felt good today,” deGrom told MLB.com’s Oliver Macklin.