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 the same dominant arm we are familiar with from his days in Queens. Do his underlying skills back it up. 

Year	IP	ERA/xERA	K%/BB%	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	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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