New York Mets: Comparing Jacob deGrom to MLB’s Current Greats

New York Mets starter Jacob deGrom officially etched his name alongside all-time greats like Bob Gibson with his consecutive streak of quality starts. In honor of this accomplishment, let’s compare deGrom to baseball’s current greats.

On Tuesday, New York Mets starter Jacob deGrom‘s streak of consecutive quality starts (QS) was snapped at 27. Unless he goes on another unprecedented streak, deGrom will remain tied with all-time great Bob Gibson with the most consecutive quality starts ever.

Jacob deGrom’s streak began in May of 2018 and ended on Minnesota Twins catcher Mitch Garver‘s second HR of the game off deGrom. Per Fox Sports: MLB, “(Garver) joins Giancarlo Stanton and Mark Teixeira as the only three players to hit multiple HR in a game off deGrom.”

When he made his Mets debut in 2014 and then when he helped take the team to the World Series in 2015, many viewed him to be somewhat of a third wheel to Matt Harvey and Noah Syndergaard. 5-years later, however, deGrom is not only the face of the staff, but he’s also arguably the best pitcher in baseball.

This is not only evidenced by his record-tying streak of consecutive quality starts, but it is also demonstrated by this neat observation via @MLBStats on Twitter:

This got me wondering, where does deGrom stand among baseball’s best pitchers?

In order to identify those pitchers, I searched through ALL MLB starters since 2014, the year deGrom made his big league debut and sorted them by fWAR. The results were clear, yet somewhat predictable.

First up?