Jacob deGrom

Bats L Throws R6'4" 185 lbBorn 1988 DeLand, USADebut 2014Team TEX4x All-StarDraft 2010 R9 #272 New York Mets, StetsonContract 5 y/$185M (23-27)+28 opt 2026: $38,000,000

Awards: TSN All-Star x3, Cy Young Award x2, Rookie of the Year

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	607	25.2	5.5	3.58	19.1	6.52	109.5
2027							107.6
2028							108.7

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 37

His ten closest age-37 comparables averaged 99 PITCH+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Max Scherzer	2022	111.8	107.2	621
2	Zack Greinke	2021	108.5	97.4	585
3	Mike Mussina	2006	106.4	95.4	656
4	Tim Hudson	2013	107.2	98.8	789
5	Yu Darvish	2024	108.2	92.5	296
6	Hiroki Kuroda	2012	106.6	106.3	824
7	CC Sabathia	2018	106.4	89.0	468
8	John Lackey	2016	103.3	98.3	731
9	Andy Pettitte	2009	104.2	105.8	536
10	Derek Lowe	2010	105.7	94.7	830

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	TEX	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	TEX	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	TEX	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	NYM	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	NYM	15	33	4	12	1	0	6	0	0	9	0.364	0.364	0.394	0.758	109.5
2020	NYM	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	NYM	33	70	4	13	2	2	6	0	4	19	0.200	0.246	0.323	0.569	53.9
2018	NYM	32	74	1	11	1	0	5	0	4	25	0.164	0.211	0.179	0.390	11.9
2017	NYM	37	77	6	15	1	1	4	1	2	22	0.211	0.233	0.268	0.500	28.6
2016	NYM	27	50	6	6	1	0	2	0	3	12	0.143	0.200	0.167	0.367	-7.4
2015	NYM	31	66	3	11	1	0	4	0	3	16	0.186	0.226	0.203	0.429	16.8
2014	NYM	23	53	3	10	2	0	2	0	1	13	0.217	0.234	0.261	0.495	35.3
Career		260	423	27	78	9	3	29	1	17	116	0.204	0.237	0.251	0.488	30.9

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									607				107.6
2026*									498				107.5	100.5	108.0
2025	TEX	12	8	2.97	30	30	0	172.7	669	26	37	185	115.8	101.4	117.2
2024	TEX	0	0	1.69	3	3	0	10.7	44	1	1	14	99.9	102.9	102.8
2023	TEX	2	0	2.67	6	6	0	30.3	115	2	4	45	132.8	97.1	130.0
2022	NYM	5	4	3.08	11	11	0	64.3	239	9	8	102	125.9	99.0	124.9
2021	NYM	7	2	1.08	15	15	0	92.0	324	6	11	146	144.1	100.5	144.7
2020	NYM	4	2	2.38	12	12	0	68.0	268	7	18	104	122.9	98.6	121.5
2019	NYM	11	8	2.43	32	32	0	204.0	804	19	44	255	121.6	99.4	121.0
2018	NYM	10	9	1.70	32	32	0	217.0	835	10	46	269	124.8	101.1	125.9
2017	NYM	15	10	3.53	31	31	0	201.3	827	28	59	239	107.2	98.9	106.0
2016	NYM	7	8	3.04	24	24	0	148.0	604	15	36	143	106.5	100.8	107.3
2015	NYM	14	8	2.54	30	30	0	191.0	751	16	38	205	119.6	102.2	121.9
2014	NYM	9	6	2.69	22	22	0	140.3	565	7	43	144	110.4
Career		96	65	2.57	248	248	0	1539.7	6045	146	345	1851	118.1		118.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	33	84.7	1.1	0.0	16.7	38.5	40.5	0.285	0.333	0.273	28.4
2019	70	85.2	1.6	2.4	28.3	33.8	38.6	0.177	0.265	0.220	26.9
2018	74	81.5	7.6	0.0	11.1	30.8	37.3	0.150	0.183	0.179	27.3
2017	77	84.5	9.5	0.0	18.9	30.0	41.1	0.230	0.291	0.238	26.9
2016	50	88.8	-2.1	0.0	25.7	23.3	34.9	0.174	0.211	0.205	26.1
2015	66	83.9	4.0	0.0	21.3	24.3	36.9	0.198	0.241	0.219	26.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TEX	P	30	173	18	13	0	0	1.000	+1.2
2024	TEX	P	3	11	0	1	0	0	1.000	+0.2
2023	TEX	P	6	30	1	1	0	0	1.000	-0.4
2022	NYM	P	11	64	5	1	0	0	1.000	-0.3
2021	NYM	P	15	92	6	7	0	0	1.000	+0.2
2020	NYM	P	12	68	7	8	0	0	1.000	-0.4
2019	NYM	P	32	204	24	17	1	0	0.976	-0.6
2018	NYM	P	32	217	21	23	1	2	0.978	+1.1
2017	NYM	P	31	201	6	25	1	1	0.969	-1.2
2016	NYM	P	24	148	14	21	2	2	0.946	+0.6
2015	NYM	P	30	191	17	32	0	3	1.000	+2.0
2014	NYM	P	22	140	6	20	0	4	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2024	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Pit	20	6.0 IP, 40% K	1.50
2022	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	31	8.0 IP, 32% K	4.50
2014	AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pit	161	38.1 IP, 18% K	2.60
2013	AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pit	331	75.2 IP, 19% K	4.55
2013	AA	Binghamton Mets	Pit	261	60.0 IP, 17% K	4.80
2013	A+	St. Lucie Mets	Pit	50	12.0 IP, 26% K	3.00
2012	A+	St. Lucie Mets	Pit	87	21.2 IP, 21% K	2.12
2012	A	Savannah Sand Gnats	Pit	363	89.2 IP, 21% K	2.52
2010	Rk	Kingsport Mets	Pit	115	26.0 IP, 19% K	5.19

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.409	0.302	0.378	0.277
2019	0.180	0.251	0.261	0.215
2018	0.197	0.188	0.179	0.204
2017	0.069	0.273	0.247	0.228
2016	0.000	0.238	0.145	0.221
2015	0.129	0.250	0.208	0.266

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2015	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2022	1	0	3.00	1	1	6.0	5	1	2	8	1.17
2015	3	1	2.88	4	4	25.0	21	2	8	29	1.16
Career	4	1	2.90	5	5	31.0	26	3	10	37	1.16

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	NYM	$607,000
2015	NYM	$556,875

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.