The current strongest ace collapsed in the opening game.
Texas Rangers’ Jacob deGrom was battered and ripped early. DeGrom started the opening game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas on the 31st (Korean time), gave up 6 hits including 1 home run in 3⅔ innings, and went down the mound after allowing 5 runs.
The number of pitches was 73, and the fastball was up to 101 miles (162.5 km) and averaged 98.5 miles, and he did not give up any four balls. However, he committed a wild throw and was consistent with excessively aggressive pitching, resulting in concentrated hits. 스포츠토토
The start was neat. In the top of the first inning, DeGrom struck out Trey Turner on three pitches and struck out Kyle Schwaber as center fielder and JT Realmuto as a looking strikeout to lightly finish the inning with 10 pitches.
However, the second round of hunting began. After one out, deGrom gave up a double to the right to Nick Castellanos and recorded his first hit, and after two outs, Alec Bom allowed a two-run four to the right. The 99-mile fastball on the 3rd pitch from the ball count 2B was a mistake to enter the high course.
He also allowed a slugging in the third inning, again allowing two runs. DeGrom, who gave up a right-handed triple to lead Brandon Marsh, allowed Turner to hit another triple, then committed a wild throw in Schwaber’s at-bat, and even Turner stepped on the home plate, widening the score to 0-4.
In the 4th inning, after 1 death, Bom hit a superior double and Jake Cave was treated as a floating ball by center fielder, giving the mound to left-hander Cole Lagans in a situation with 2nd out and 2nd base. However, Lagans was hit by a left-handed double by first batter Marcy, and deGrom’s Bom scored, increasing the number of runs to five.
However, in the bottom of the 4th inning, Jonah Haim’s 2-RBI double and Robbie Grossman’s 3-run home run turned the tide of the game to 7-5 and eliminated deGrom’s defeat.
DeGrom canceled the remaining contract with his original team, the New York Mets last winter, became a free agent, and signed a five-year, $185 million contract with the Texas Rangers. He decided to leave the Mets before last season even started. It is interpreted that he had a lot of dissatisfaction with the Mets.
The local media interpreted that the Mets stimulated deGrom’s pride by bringing Max Scherzer to a three-year contract worth an annual average of $43.33 million, and this time treating three-time Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander as the best pitcher.
However, as he collapsed miserably in the opening game, his pride, which he had been trying to find himself, collapsed again.
It’s the first time since a June 17, 2021 game against the Chicago Cubs that deGrom has been ripped before the fifth inning. At that time, he was replaced with an injury after fighting hard with no hits and no runs until the third inning and 8 strikeouts.