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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 31)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date6-19-1988
Height6' 4"
Weight180 lbs
Age35 years, 10 months, 5 days
BatsL
ThrowsR
6.32015
3.52016
5.72017
8.02018
3.02019
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2014 NYN MLB 22 22 140.3 9 6 0 117 43 144 7 95 7.5 2.8 0.4 9.2 0% .297 1.14 2.64 2.69 83 2.72 66.8 3.6
2015 NYN MLB 30 30 191.0 14 8 0 149 38 205 16 86 7.0 1.8 0.8 9.7 0% .271 0.98 2.73 2.54 75 2.30 53.8 6.3
2016 NYN MLB 24 24 148.0 7 8 0 142 36 143 15 85 8.6 2.2 0.9 8.7 47% .312 1.20 3.35 3.04 84 3.30 73.1 3.5
2017 NYN MLB 31 31 201.3 15 10 0 180 59 239 28 93 8.0 2.6 1.3 10.7 48% .305 1.19 3.52 3.53 78 3.02 64.3 5.7
2018 NYN MLB 32 32 217.0 10 9 0 152 46 269 10 90 6.3 1.9 0.4 11.2 48% .281 0.91 1.94 1.70 62 2.09 46.8 8.0
2019 NYN MLB 32 32 204.0 11 8 0 154 44 255 19 94 6.8 1.9 0.8 11.3 45% .282 0.97 2.62 2.43 65 2.27 46.5 7.8
CareerMLB1711711101.766490894266125595917.32.20.810.347%.2951.052.772.62742.5757.235.0

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2010 KNG Rk APL 6 6 26.0 1 1 0 35 6 22 2 94 12.1 2.1 0.7 7.6 0% .388 1.58 3.52 5.19 0 0.00 0.0
2012 SAV A SAL 15 15 89.7 6 3 0 77 14 78 3 88 7.7 1.4 0.3 7.8 0% .277 1.01 2.77 2.51 82 2.98 62.2
2012 SLU A+ FSL 4 4 21.7 3 0 0 14 6 18 1 113 5.8 2.5 0.4 7.5 0% .213 0.92 3.30 2.08 91 2.59 53.9
2013 SLU A+ FSL 2 2 12.0 1 0 0 12 2 13 1 94 9.0 1.5 0.8 9.8 0% .333 1.17 2.90 3.00 83 3.66 79.6
2013 BIN AA EAS 10 10 60.0 2 5 0 69 20 44 4 98 10.4 3.0 0.6 6.6 0% .340 1.48 3.82 4.80 100 6.42 139.4
2013 LVG AAA PCL 14 14 75.7 4 2 0 87 24 63 6 110 10.3 2.9 0.7 7.5 0% .342 1.47 3.92 4.52 93 4.72 102.5
2014 NYN MLB NL 22 22 140.3 9 6 0 117 43 144 7 95 7.5 2.8 0.4 9.2 0% .297 1.14 2.64 2.69 83 2.72 66.8
2014 LVG AAA PCL 7 7 38.3 4 0 0 39 10 29 2 109 9.2 2.3 0.5 6.8 0% .311 1.28 3.72 2.58 89 3.70 78.3
2015 NYN MLB NL 30 30 191.0 14 8 0 149 38 205 16 86 7.0 1.8 0.8 9.7 0% .271 0.98 2.73 2.54 75 2.30 53.8
2016 NYN MLB NL 24 24 148.0 7 8 0 142 36 143 15 85 8.6 2.2 0.9 8.7 47% .312 1.20 3.35 3.04 84 3.30 73.1
2017 NYN MLB NL 31 31 201.3 15 10 0 180 59 239 28 93 8.0 2.6 1.3 10.7 48% .305 1.19 3.52 3.53 78 3.02 64.3
2018 NYN MLB NL 32 32 217.0 10 9 0 152 46 269 10 90 6.3 1.9 0.4 11.2 48% .281 0.91 1.94 1.70 62 2.09 46.8
2019 NYN MLB NL 32 32 204.0 11 8 0 154 44 255 19 94 6.8 1.9 0.8 11.3 45% .282 0.97 2.62 2.43 65 2.27 46.5

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2014 2223 0.4836 0.4764 0.7290 0.6372 0.3258 0.8044 0.5909 0.2710
2015 2963 0.4890 0.5113 0.7254 0.6701 0.3593 0.8146 0.5662 0.2746
2016 2350 0.5072 0.4813 0.7480 0.6586 0.2988 0.8191 0.5867 0.2520
2017 3175 0.5247 0.4876 0.7035 0.6447 0.3141 0.7626 0.5696 0.2965
2018 3210 0.5109 0.5156 0.6834 0.6561 0.3688 0.7695 0.5233 0.3166
2019 3185 0.5071 0.5265 0.6798 0.6916 0.3567 0.7681 0.5036 0.3202
Career171060.50490.50190.70850.66090.33950.78710.55320.2915

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2014-08-08 2014-08-23 15-DL 15 14 Right Shoulder Tendonitis Rotator Cuff -
2011-06-21 2011-09-01 Minors 72 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2028 TEX $
2027 TEX $37,000,000
2026 TEX $38,000,000
2025 TEX $40,000,000
2024 TEX $40,000,000
2023 TEX $30,000,000
2022 NYN $36,000,000
2021 NYN $36,000,000
2020 NYN $18,506,981
2019 NYN $9,500,000
2018 NYN $7,400,000
2017 NYN $4,050,000
2016 NYN $607,000
2015 NYN $556,875
YearsDescriptionSalary
9 yrPrevious$142,620,856
2019Current$40,000,000
10 yrPvs + Cur$182,620,856
3 yrFuture$115,000,000
13 yrTotal$297,620,856

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
8 y 139 dVC Sports5 years/$185M (2023-27), 2028 option

Details
  • 5 years/$185M (2023-27), plus conditional 2028 options. Signed by Texas as a free agent 12/2/22. 23:$30M, 24:$40M, 25:$40M, 26:$38M, 27:$37M, 28: conditional club or player options, based on performance and health. A club option for 2028 is triggered if in 2023-26 deGrom has Tommy John surgery or any right elbow or shoulder injury causing him to be on the Injured List for 130 consecutive days in any season or 186 days in a row during any service period. The club option triggers at: 1) $37M if during the contract deGrom finishes in the top 5 of the Cy Young vote 3 times or more or pitches at least 725 innings, 2) $30M if during the contract deGrom finishes in the top 5 of the Cy Young vote once or pitches at least 625 innings, or 3) $20M if deGrom falls short of the higher performance thresholds. A player option for 2028 is triggered at $37M if: 1) the conditions for the 2028 club option are not met, and 2) deGrom pitches 160 innings in 2027, and, 3) deGrom finishes in the top 5 of the 2027 Cy Young vote, and 4) a medical exam determines deGrom is healthy for 2028. Award bonuses: $250,000 for Cy Young ($200,000 for second place in vote, $150,000 for third, $100,000 for fourth, $50,000 for fifth). $150,000 for WS MVP. $100,000 each All Star, Gold Glove, LCS MVP. Full no-trade protection. Perks: deGrom may purchase 6 premium seats for all home games. DeGrom to donate $150,000 annually to club charity.
  • 5 years/$137.5M (2019-23), plus 2024 club option. $10M signing bonus (half paid 1/2/2020, half paid 1/4/2021). 19:$7M, 20:$23M, 21:$33.5M, 22:$33.5M, 23:$30.5M, 24:$32.5M club option. deGrom may opt out of contract after 2022 season. $52.5M is to be deferred, reducing present-day average annual value to $108.9M. Will defer $12M in 2020, $13.5M in 2021, $15M in 2022, $12M in 2023, $15M in 2024 if club exercises option. Deferrals to be paid 7/1 in 15th year after salary is earned, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039.) No-trade protection. Perks: hotel suite on road trips. Replaced 1 year, $17M deal signed 1/11/19, avoiding arbitration. deGrom exercised right to opt out of contract 11/22.
  • 1 year/$7.4M (2018). Re-signed by NY Mets 1/12/18 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$4.05M (2017). Re-signed by NY Mets 1/13/17 (avoided arbitration). Performance bonuses: $25,000 each for 175, 200 innings pitched.
  • 1 year/$607,000 (2016). Renewed by NY Mets 3/4/16.
  • 1 year/$556,875 (2015). Re-signed by NY Mets 3/5/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Contract purchased by NY Mets 11/20/13. Re-signed by NY Mets 3/3/14.
  • Drafted by NY Mets 2010 (9-272) (Stetson). $95,000 signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 0.7 0 0 1 1 16.0 10 4 19 1 .250 0.88 1.98 2.33 0.5 0.1
80o 0.7 0 0 1 1 12.5 9 3 15 1 .260 0.92 2.26 2.63 0.4 0.0
70o 0.7 0 0 1 1 10.0 7 2 12 1 .267 0.96 2.46 2.85 0.2 0.0
60o 0.7 0 0 1 1 7.9 6 2 9 1 .273 0.98 2.62 3.04 0.1 0.0
50o 0.6 0 0 1 1 6.0 5 2 7 1 .278 1.01 2.78 3.22 0.0 0.0
40o 0.6 0 0 1 1 4.1 3 1 5 0 .284 1.04 2.94 3.4 -0.1 0.0
30o 0.6 0 0 1 1 2.1 2 1 3 0 .290 1.07 3.11 3.59 -0.3 0.0
Weighted Mean0.600115.84171.2771.012.773.20.00.0

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DateQuestionAnswer
2019-07-09 12:00:00 (link to chat)Jacob DeGrom is a __, Pete Alonso is a __, Jeff McNeil is a __ and Michael Conforto is a __. (numerical grades)
(Dax from METS)		So the position players are all 6s (Alonso has projection past that, but we'll see how it plays out) to me. deGrom is an interesting case and Jarrett and I have discussed this for a while. We both agree that he's an ace, so then it comes down to wear you draw the line for an 8. By any WAR metric he's been a top five pitcher since 2015, Scherzer is the only one clearly better, than it's usually a tier of him, Sale, Greinke, Kershaw, Verlander. So while I tend to be more conservative with 8s than Jarrett, I think it's tough not to argue all those arms aren't 8s. But if you want to ding deGrom some for occasional durability issues and call him a high end 7, I get it. (Jeffrey Paternostro)
2017-09-29 12:00:00 (link to chat)So what does a Jacob Degrom extension look like? Does 5 yrs 75mil get it done?
(Riley from mets)		So deGrom has three years of arb left at Super 2. He might easily get 35m just in arb, and as we have seen the Mets are not inclined to non-tender their young pitchers. They really should have done this before the 2016 season when he was fishing around for it. I think he'd want 6 years and more AAV on the FA buyout years now. At least I would if I was his agent. 6/110 maybe? Mets should still do that. They aren't replacing him at less than twice that. (Jeffrey Paternostro)
2017-02-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)Jacob Degrom has been pretty easily been a top 7 SP over the last 3 years. Why does it seem like he's never mentioned during the best/top 10 SPs convo? (Career ERA+ 138)
(Sammy from NY)		I think it's because we all thought he was going to be bad, haha. I think typically, people hate admitting they were wrong, and that comes out in baseball all too often in the discourse of "Well look, he's gonna regress." Think of it like pre-decline Matt Cain -- I think deGrom has proved everything he has to, and should soon be getting Cy Young mentions and list nods; I just think he had to fight against all of us kind of rolling our eyes at his early success to do it. (Trevor Strunk)
2016-03-14 14:30:00 (link to chat)Jacob DeGrom or Gerrit Cole?
(Calvin from Pitt)		Can't go wrong, but I'll take Cole. (Brendan Gawlowski)
2014-10-17 12:00:00 (link to chat)Any under the radar pitching prospects or young pitchers who could surprise next year by taking a big step forward like Corey Kluber, or to a lesser extent Carlos Carrasco and Jacob DeGrom? Thanks.
(John from Texas)		Do I look like Jason Parks?

I guess I do, kind of. Can we get a ruling on this? (Andy McCullough)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Jacob deGrom threw 21,323 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2014 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (99mph) and Slider (92mph), also mixing in a Change (92mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (85mph).