Jacob deGrom in midseason form, and The Cookie Club thinks 2019 Pete Alonso is back

Jacob deGrom in windup at spring training 2021, back of jersey and face visible close crop

The Mets took care of business against the Houston Astros on Thursday night, beating them 1-0, with Jacob deGrom and Pete Alonso looking to be in 2019 form.

Here’s what happened in Mets Land on Thursday, in case you missed it…

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Jacob deGrom struck out five straight batters at one point, while Pete Alonso went deep against Houston >> Read more

Speaking of deGrom, we compared him to Yankees’ ace Gerrit Cole (take a wild guess at who we like more) >> Read more

And the 2018 and 2019 NL Cy Young Award winner is ‘ready to go’ after Thursday’s stellar outing >> Read more

Speaking of Alonso, The Cookie Club thinks that Alonso can return to his rookie form >> Read more

Alonso also called this year’s Mets a ‘really special group’ and talked about his contract situation >> Read more

Carlos Carrasco will throw on Sunday after being temporarily shut down with elbow soreness >> Read more

Dominic Smith talked about the advice Joey Votto gave him his rookie year >> Read more