Jacob deGrom does not, as far as anyone knows, play the French horn. He pitches with two cleats on, his hat on straight, and with total commitment to his craft.
And yet, when Randy Sullivan, founder of the Florida Baseball ARMory, a training facility in Lakeland that works with pitchers on building velocity, watches deGrom, the only person he can think of in his class is a figure from Mets mythology.
“Nice coincidence he’s with the New York Mets,” Sullivan said. “He’s like the April Fool’s joke, Sidd Finch.”
Over the first five weeks of the season, deGrom has further solidified
