Brad Miller is aware of the historically-dominant season that Jacob deGrom is having for the New York Mets. deGrom has an 0.95 ERA in 14 starts this season, and is the odds-on favorite to win both the National League Cy Young Award and MVP.
But while the Philadelphia Phillies utility-man understands the context of deGrom’s 2021 season, Miller seems to believe that in just about any other year we’d be talking about Wheeler as in the discussion for both awards.
“It’s amazing,” Miller said of Wheeler’s season thus far after Friday night’s win. “I think obviously with deGrom doing what he’s doing, it [Wheeler’s season] doesn’t get talked about enough because deGrom has been amazing.