SUNDAY: The Mets think deGrom could miss multiple starts, Terry Collins told reporters (including ESPN.com’s Adam Rubin) today.
FRIDAY, 6:17pm: The club is officially labeling the issue forearm soreness, as MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo tweets. deGrom underwent an MRI, which did not reveal any problems, but is nevertheless expected to miss at least one start.
5:38pm: Mets righty Jacob deGrom has been diagnosed with elbow inflammation, according to Mike Puma of the New York Post (Twitter links). Otherwise, though, an examination was said to have revealed no structural concerns for the key Mets starter.
Manager Terry Collins declined to say earlier today whether deGrom would make his next start, as Mike Puma of the New York Post reports (Twitter links). The skipper raised eyebrows yet further when he acknowledged there was some concern about the star hurler.
New York had already attempted to give deGrom a rest by skipping a start after he posted two straight rough outings. The hope was that he could get track thereafter and help the team push for a Wild Card spot over the next thirty days. Instead, deGrom labored through his start last night and was spotted calling for the trainer as he departed, leading to questions whether he was experiencing something more than general wear and tear.
Velocity questions arose this spring, but deGrom had steadily been adding speed to his offerings until a recent dip. Somewhat worryingly, perhaps, that change has come along with some modifications to his horizontal and vertical release points.
As things stand, it seems that deGrom won’t miss any kind of extended stretch, though any missed action at all would constitute a big blow to the Mets. While deGrom hasn’t been quite as excellent as he was in 2014 and 2015, he has still been plenty effective. Over 148 frames on the year, he owns a 3.04 ERA with 8.7 K/9 and 2.2 BB/9.
If he is able to qualify for Super Two status — which isn’t yet clear given his borderline service time tally (2.139 years) — deGrom will receive a huge raise and set himself up for three more years of big earnings. If he falls shy of the cutoff, he’ll have to settle for waiting another year, which will substantially reduce his overall cost to the team over the next four seasons.
Cool, that’s now the entire rotation with injuries this year. Slow clap for the Mets strength and conditioning staff.
Lots of innings on those arms from last year.
216 overall really isn’t that much compared to what others are doing. It’s not how much they’re pitching, it’s how little they’re trained to do in the minors.
Lot of innings of the Cubs arms in 2015 as well and yet here they are at #1 overall in the MLB standings.
Cubs starters are more experienced though.
also largely different types of pitchers. Except Arrietta, who has struggled.
And has 4th best e.r.a. In majors
Everyone except Bartolo Colon – Big Sexy
I can’t believe all the injuries the mets have sustained. Harvey, Duda, wright, degrom, syndergaard (elbow bone spurs), degrom, walker, cespedes (quad), etc. Honestly, it’s unbelievable.
Lets not forget Wheeler, Edgin, Lagares, Ruggiano. We’ve also has Asdrubal and Travis on DL
Matz. Can’t forget him.
At this point Matz is a given to be injured. Skipping his name just saves time, haha.
Man this is starting to feel the like the Big 3 (Jason Isringhausen and crew) days.
Welcome to counting on pitchers. Didn’t the braves go through this not too long ago with Teheran, Medlen, and Beachy?
Speaking of the Braves, wasn’t too long ago they experienced success with Glavine, Smoltz, and Maddux.
Yes, but they had 2 Hall of famers in the line-up, Jones and Jones along with some other position players.
Duda, walker, wright, Cabrera… Those guys aren’t pitchers. Cespedes has been dealing with a nagging quad problem- he’s not a pitcher. Pitching depth is pretty important.
Generation K…how’s Paul Wilson doing these days?
The Generation K guys put up a combined WAR of 1 for the Mets. Their current young pitchers have started an All Star Game, won a Rookie of the Year, have had several top 10 and top 5 Cy Young finishes, pitched them to a World Series and put up a 40 WAR between them with many years ahead if them.
Besides that, they are a EXACTLY like Generation K lol.
If the Mets team is centered around pitching I don’t know why they don’t extend some of their young pitchers like DeGrom. He has earned a reasonalble salary increase by his pitching over the last 3 years, rookie of the year, and their best pitcher last year and most of this year. By trading for a player like Bruce and some of the others and not taking care of their pitchers is a big mistake on their part., besides the fact that they over used all of them last year. This team just doesn’t get it with their team.
Forearm equals elbow. I remain a believer that simply because you can throw 98mph does not mean you should throw 98mph for 45-60 pitches per start.. I like Justin Verlander’s later career approach of ramping it up to the mid/high 90s as required. Pitch counts, youth baseball, 5-6 man rotations, all are frequently presented as culprits/remedies in elbow trauma, but why not investigate the logic behind throwing too hard? Work smarter, not harder – pitch, don’t throw – the names Derek Lowe, Tom Glavine, and Mark Buehrle come to mind. The human body has not evolved over the last fifteen years to meet the taxing demands placed upon present day MLB starting pitching. Frustrating to see such young talent routinely falling to elbow issues. Get well, JD.
Conditioning and luck play a part. Nolan Ryan played forever and threw hard his entire career. The final pitch of his career was clocked at 98mph at 46 years old.
Weren’t there rumors about Ryan being on ‘roids though?
Vin totally agree. Ryan is/was an anomaly. Inflammation in the elbow, forearm tightness. Hello? It’s Dr Andrews in the line.
Vin and Kid I agree. Throwing hard all the time is stressing the physical capabilities of the human arm. Nolan Ryan was raised on a farm I believe tough guy, gifted with an amazing arm.
Ryan did so many things right. He pitched and didn’t throw. He repeated the same delivery, which was scientifically broken down to be near perfect for someone who threw as hard as he did. His curve was also just as good as his fastball, which made his fastball look that much faster when following the curve. Ryan is the blueprint for all pitchers who desire to throw hard and fast.
I prefer to throw hard and slow, haha.