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MLB's best comeback story? Jacob deGrom looks like the Cy Young winner he was

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Jacob deGrom, Drew Pomeranz and Patrick Corbin are three of the best comeback stories of the 2025 season .

DeGrom is 4-1 with a 2.33 ERA in his first 10 starts, and is one of the nastiest pitchers on the planet.

Corbin has pitched seven innings in back-to-back starts for the first time since joining the Rangers , and has permitted two or fewer runs in seven consecutive outings.

Pomeran, who turns 37 in November , was playing golf and bored out of his mind last summer .

Patrick Corbin , 36 , was 14-7 with a 3.25 ERA over 202 innings in the first year of his six-year , $140 million contract.

He pitched 10 innings in three games in the 2019 World Series .

The Rangers signed him on March 18 for $1.1 million after Jon Gray and Cody Brown went down.

Corbin says he never considered retirement, working out all winter in Florida .

Team USA officials are getting flooded with requests from players and their agents to play in the 2026 World Baseball Classic .

Teams are scrambling to bolster their bullpens with the influx of injuries around baseball.