Feb 11 2019 06:02 PM
Dude, I made it to the bigs last year. And while it was mostly middlin' as far as performance, it wasn't without a highlight or two. I stuck around long enough to get 32 innings in, and I struck out twice as many as I walked. I mean, I came up from AA, man. And I there I was, part of a big league bullpen. I came up in late June and I stuck. The fuck. Around.
I didn't embarrass myself. I mean, often this offseason, I found cause to say to myself, "Self
So, there I was, part of the squad, giving nobody cause to send me back down. But then they went and recruited over my head, and this offseason, I went from being, like, fifth or sixth on the relief depth chart to, like, 11th. It's a nasty business, but it's the one I signed up for. Competition comes and it's my job to come out on top.
I hope to prove myself and come back, though. And you know why? Yeah, to get filthy dirty rich, sure. But also to get a taste of victory. THAT would be nice. Not only did I go 0-3 last season, but I didn't even get to appear in wins. Seriously. You know how the Mets kind of played respectably down the stretch after an awful summer? Yeah, that didn't happen with me. The Mets were
Listen I'm only asking you to believe in me a little here. I got my Tommy John surgery out of the way in the minors, and while I'm not trying to say that's the way deGrom did it, that's the way deGrom did it.
So what do you say? Do you believe?