Jacob deGrom, Rangers and Yankees
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The Rangers' veteran ace has pitched well this season but he recognizes that Yankees' star Aaron Judge can be a problem.
NEW YORK — Memorial Day Weekend approaches. It‘s raining and windy in The Bronx with wind chills below 50. Ah, yes, ‘tis Second-Guessing Season.
The Texas Rangers have been on an impressive winning streak lately, which has propelled them over the .500 mark and back into second place in the American League West. In the early part of the season,
Jacob deGrom went eight innings to win his fourth consecutive start for the Texas Rangers, who got Jake Burger's solo home run off Hunter Brown in a 1-0 win over the Houston Astros on Thursday night in an anticipated pitchers' duel that certainly lived up to expectations.
The Jacob deGrom the Yankees see on Wednesday will not be the same Jacob deGrom who dominated to virtually unparalleled levels across town.
Jacob deGrom unlocked his true self Thursday night against the Houston Astros: 8.0 innings pitched, zero runs, one walk, and seven strikeouts in a 1-0 pitching duel. The 36-year-old now has a 2.29 ERA on the season after recording his longest outing since April of 2021,
All of which is to say what most people in baseball will acknowledge: Even if deGrom isn't at his career peak, he can still be better than almost any pitcher in the game. His injury-plagued seasons since 2021 made that easy to forget, even if the numbers don't.