{"product_id":"graded-2014-bowman-chrome-prospects-jacob-degrom-bcp73-rookie-rc-baseball-card-psa-10-gem-mint","title":"Graded 2014 Bowman Chrome Prospects Jacob DeGrom #BCP73 Rookie RC Baseball Card PSA 10 Gem Mint","description":"\u003cp\u003e⚾ \u003cstrong\u003eGraded 2014 Bowman Chrome Prospects Jacob DeGrom #BCP73 Rookie RC Baseball Card PSA 10 Gem Mint — The Perfect-Grade Early Card of a Back-to-Back Cy Young Award Winner, Certified Flawless by PSA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ Jacob DeGrom won the National League Cy Young Award in both 2018 and 2019 — the first pitcher since Randy Johnson to win consecutive Cy Youngs in the same league and one of the most dominant sustained pitching peaks the modern game has produced. His 2018 season was the one that demanded re-examination of the available superlatives: a 1.70 ERA, the lowest ERA among qualifiers in the National League in twenty-five years, produced on a Mets team that provided him with enough offensive support to win only ten games while he was pitching at a level that would have produced 25 wins on a team capable of scoring for him. The ERA was historic. The strikeout rate was elite. The walk rate was among the lowest in baseball. He was not simply the best pitcher in the National League in 2018 — by the advanced metrics that have become the standard for evaluating pitching performance, he was producing one of the best seasons any pitcher has had in the sport's recent history, and voters recognized it unanimously.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ He came from an unusual background for a Cy Young-caliber pitcher — drafted by the Mets in the 9th round of the 2010 draft out of Stetson University as a shortstop who was converted to pitching in the minor leagues after his athletic tools suggested his future was on the mound rather than at the plate. The conversion story is one of the more remarkable development narratives in recent baseball history: a 9th-round pick who played shortstop in college becomes a two-time Cy Young winner in the most competitive pitching environment in the National League. The Mets' development staff saw something in DeGrom's arm that the draft process didn't value at the shortstop position, and the result of pursuing that belief was the best pitcher in baseball for two consecutive seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ \u003cstrong\u003e2014 Bowman Chrome Prospects — The Pre-Debut RC\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ The 2014 Bowman Chrome Prospects set captures players in the developmental stage of their professional careers — before their MLB debut, documented while they were still working through the minor league levels that precede the call-up to the majors. Card #BCP73 is DeGrom's entry in this set: an early collector's documentation of a pitcher whose Cy Young seasons would arrive four and five years later, produced on Topps\/Bowman's chromium stock with the refractor sheen that distinguishes Chrome cards from their Bowman base counterparts. For collectors who were building their DeGrom collection before anyone else was, this is the card that preceded everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ \u003cstrong\u003ePSA 10 Gem Mint\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ PSA 10 Gem Mint is the highest grade PSA assigns to any graded card. Every element of the card's physical condition — surfaces, corners, edges, centering — must meet PSA's most demanding standards without exception. The Jacob DeGrom 2014 Bowman Chrome Prospects #BCP73 graded PSA 10 Gem Mint is the definitive version of this card, the one that belongs in a collection built around the best pitchers in recent history and the best-conditioned copies of their earliest collectibles. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ Jacob DeGrom. New York Mets. 2014 Bowman Chrome Prospects #BCP73. Rookie RC. PSA 10 Gem Mint. Back-to-Back NL Cy Young. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48039511654632,"sku":"2014-BP-JD-BCP73-PSA-10","price":166.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/graded-2014-bowman-chrome-prospects-jacob-degrom-bcp73-rookie-rc-baseball-card-psa-10-478.webp?v=1770196049","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/graded-2014-bowman-chrome-prospects-jacob-degrom-bcp73-rookie-rc-baseball-card-psa-10-gem-mint","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}