He was expected to be the ace of a pitching staff that would carry the team deep into the 2023 playoffs. Instead, he spent most of the year on the injured list and watched from the dugout as the Rangers won the first World Seirs championship in franchise history.

After his latest outing in which he nearly no-hit the Orioles, deGrom is in the middle of the Cy Young conversation.

For the third time in five games, the Orioles were nearly on the wrong side of baseball history in a 7-0 loss to the Rangers.