After winning the Cy Young while posting a 1.70 ERA in 2018, the prevailing thought was that there was no way Jacob deGrom could top that in 2019. That was before deGrom started unleashing a slider that ranges between 92 and 95 MPH.

With the above slider -- and his filthy fastball and changeup and curve -- deGrom turned in arguably the best start of his career on Wednesday night against the Marlins, firing 7.0 shutout innings while allowing three hits, walking one, and striking out a career-high 14.

Here's how the back pages in New York reacted...

Thursday's @NewsdaySports cover:

JAKE OF ALL TRADES
deGrom K's career-high 14 - and homers - in win over Marlins@timbhealey #mets #metstwitter

Also,
Tulowitzski hurt, Yanks fan 18 times in loss to Tigers @therealarieber @DPLennon @bheyman99 #yankees #yankeestwitter pic.twitter.com/sF8CxDLwvL
- Gregg Henglein (@GreggHenglein) April 4, 2019

The Yankees were so abysmal on Wednesday that deGrom only got a slice of the Daily News back page:

Here's our @nydnsports back page. @yankees @mets #jacobdegrom @mlb @mlbnetwork @tigers @APSE_sportmedia https://t.co/xVdveEHGxJ pic.twitter.com/59kFYX8xMJ
- Back Page Guy NYDN (@BackPageGuyNYDN) April 4, 2019

The Post went with some comparing and contrasting:

The back page: Some Ks are good and others aren't https://t.co/jDFjA80lti https://t.co/Lps2D4fqn5 pic.twitter.com/emaZi1KK3C
- New York Post Sports (@nypostsports) April 4, 2019

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