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The 2014 NL Rookie of the Year, deGrom is 7-7 with a 2.96 ERA in 143 innings. He had been on an extended roll, lowering his ERA to 2.29, before getting rocked for 13 runs and 25 hits over 9 2/3 innings in his last two outings, against San Francisco and St. Louis.
Before the season, the Mets' starting rotation was pegged by many as the best in baseball, if not one of the best of the last decade. Slowly but surely, however, the staff began to deteriorate.
Desperately needing a series win to keep their hopes alive of repeating as National League champions, the New York Mets obtained it Thursday night behind the truncated work of rookie starter Seth Lugo.
Mike Francesa can't see the New York Mets making the postseason this year.
Clearly, just about every angle of Dwight Gooden's suspected relapse has been covered and dissected. Fine. Now it's time we all step away.
Carlos Martinez held up his end of the bargain in Wednesday night's potential pitcher's duel. As for Jacob deGrom, not so much.
The Mets, who had been sliding in the standings in recent weeks, enter Wednesday's game at St. Louis on a three-game winning streak and still within reach of the playoffs.
Yoenis Cespedes could become a free agent after this season if he so chooses. But apparently the Mets slugger is not thinking in that direction.
Perhaps the worst-kept secret in sports history is spilling onto the national stage. Doc Gooden may be in peril.
Gsellman, relieving injured starter Jonathon Niese with one out in the first inning Tuesday night, worked 3 2/3 scoreless innings as New York stopped the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 at Busch Stadium.
Strawberry, Gooden's teammate on world championship teams with the Mets and Yankees who has also battled addiction, says the former Cy Young Award winner has relapsed.
With 38 games to go, the Mets don't need a sweep of the Cardinals, but two of three -- a series win -- would be nice.
The rookie was scratched from his last scheduled start after complaining of shoulder discomfort. He has also battled a large bone spur in his elbow this season.
Doc Gooden is clearly bitter about the comments his former teammate, Darryl Strawberry, made about him last week.
The New York Mets dropped four of their first five games on their current road trip, but Noah Syndergaard and Yoenis Cespedes helped the Mets to a pair of wins to salvage a split of their four-game series in San Francisco.
