deGrom's opposing starters:
Scherzer
Trevor Richards (?)
Kyle Gibson
Julio Teheran
Chase Anderson
Anthony DiScalfani
Chris Paddack
Sandy Alcantara
Trevor Richards
Max Scherzer
Clayton Kershaw
Zack Greinke
Antonio Senzatela
Jack Flaherty
Julio Teheran
Mike Soroka
Cole Hamels
Vince Valesquez
Sandy Alcantara
Tyler Beede
Eric Lauer
Lucas Giolito
Robert Dugger
Anibal Sanchez
Jakob Junis
Mike Foltywentiz
Jon Lester
Scherzer again
Merrill Kelly
Hyu-Jin Ryu
Luis Castillo
Robert Dugger
Not sure what to expect really, but that does seem like a lot of good pitchers. Matching up with Scherzer three times is tough (for both of them!) It makes sense that aces would match up with aces early in the season, but that as the season progresses you'd see less of it (guys get hurt, somebody gets tired and skips their turn in the rotation, off days don't match up). But for whatever reason deGrom does seem to have faced strong opponents. By my totally subjective "gee I wouldn't want to see him starting for the other team" assessment, I see 13 really strong opposing pitchers. That's just under half of deGrom's starts, so way more than you'd expect if pitchers were matched up randomly. (Or maybe they are matched up randomly and deGrom just got really unlucky.)
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