deGrom, Burleson, Miller, O'Neill, Carter

deGrom: Less reward, same risk … A sub-3.00 ERA and WHIP below 1.00 isn't new for Jacob deGrom (RHP, TEX). Topping 170 IP is – at least in recent memory. The veteran seemed to be the same dominant arm we are familiar with from his days in Queens. Do his underlying skills back it up?

Year	IP	ERA/xERA	BB%/K%	SwK	G/L/F	H%/S%	HR/F	Vel	BPX
2022	64.1	3.08/2.13	3%/42%	21.5%	38/18/41	31/66	16%%	99.0	281
2023	30.1	2.67/2.70	3%/39%	21.0%	37/16/45	28/66	6%	98.8	266
2024	10.2	1.69/3.10	2%/31%	14.5%	35/17/42	39/90	8%	97.4	243
2025	172.2	2.97/3.44	5%/27%	14.9%	37/19/42	27/76	13%	97.5	169

The skills deGrom showed last year are indeed solid, but there's been a drop-off, even if the surface numbers don't show it:

• deGrom's K% remains above average but not elite, and BB% slid the other direction.
• SwK is...

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