Would Jacob deGrom like to see the Mets retire his No. 48 at Citi Field?
“That’s not my decision,” the right-hander said.
If he were to have stayed when he hit free agency, that answer would be much clearer.
After leaving for Texas, though, it remains to be seen where the organization stands.
DeGrom will go down as one of the greatest pitchers in franchise history.
While his lone ring came with the Rangers, he took home the NL Rookie of the Year, a pair of Cy Young awards, and made four of his five career All-Star appearances in his nine years donning the orange and blue.
And he was arguably the most dominant starting pitcher in the game during that stretch — accumulating a 2.52 ERA, 0.99 WHIP and 1,607 strikeouts following his big-league debut back in 2014.
Injuries derailed things towards the end of his tenure in the Big Apple, which led to the two sides going their separate ways, but there’s no taking away the countless dominant efforts deGrom put forward in a Mets uniform.
The 37-year-old said it would be a huge honor if he were to join the legendary group.
“Every time I took this mound for the Mets, I left it all out there,” deGrom said. “There were obviously some times where I got injured, but you can’t really control that, so when I was on that mound I felt like I left it all out on the field.”
