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Shortly after pitcher Jacob deGrom signed a contract extension worth $137.5 million with the Mets on the eve of opening day in March, his father, Tony, waited for him in a room off the lobby at the Ritz-Carlton in Arlington, Va.
Tony deGrom considered his son’s accomplishments a day before he would start the Mets’ opener opposite Max Scherzer, the Washington Nationals’ ace: rookie of the year in 2014, World Series runner-up in 2015, and the 2018 Cy Young Award winner. The elder deGrom believed his son’s most recent accomplishment would not be his peak.