The Texas Rangers right-handed pitcher Jacob deGrom has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Comeback Player of the Year award in the American League. The announcement was made during Thursday’s televised MLB Awards show on MLB Network.

The Comeback Player of the Year award is presented to a player from each league who has re-emerged on the field during the season.

deGrom, 37, returned from injury-shortened 2023 and 2024 campaigns to pace the Rangers in innings pitched, games started, and strikeouts, going 12-8 with a 2.97 ERA (57 ER/172.2 IP) and 185 strikeouts over 30 starts.

The team’s lone representative on the 2025 A.L. All-Star team, deGrom ranked among qualified A.L. pitchers in WHIP (2nd, 0.92), opponent batting average (2nd, .196), and ERA (6th). His 0.92 WHIP figure was

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