365 days ago, the Mets were under water.
In July, he had a commanding lead in the NL East that disappeared in a week. He led the Mets by five games on August 1st. The Mets have lost 7 of 8 games. That included a sweep at Philadelphia, which dropped him out of first place.
Jacob deGrom did not pitch the rest of the season. With Rojas sacked as manager, Buck Showalter hired and Billy Eppler hired as GM,a series of acquisitionswere made to prevent history from repeating itself.
It turns out that a year makes all the difference.
