6:01pm: Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen announced to reporters that deGrom is going on the injured list, retroactive to April 16th. (Via Joel Sherman of the New York Post; links to Twitter.) Van Wagenen says that deGrom has been disrupted by an illness, seemingly implying that is as much a factor here as the arm issue. The hurler is said to be dealing only with mild soreness that has already improved, with the imaging being classed a precautionary measure. The expectation at this point, per Van Wagenen, is that deGrom will be activated to start on April 26th.
4:20pm: Mets ace Jacob deGrom is headed to New York to undergo an MRI on his right elbow, manager Mickey Callaway told reporters including Tim Healey of Newsday (Twitter link). That’s less than welcome news for a team that is already dealing with some struggles in its vaunted rotation.
Given that deGrom has yet to undergo a full medical examination, there’s no reason to jump to any conclusions here. It’s plenty possible that there’s no real issue whatsoever. All we know at present is that the club felt it worthwhile to send him in for a checkup after his elbow was “barking” today after he played catch in advance of his scheduled start tomorrow.
deGrom last pitched on the 14th, throwing 114 pitches but lasting just five innings. He didn’t exhibit any velocity issues; to the contrary, he has dialed up the heat over the course of the season. Though his last two outings have not been his best, there hasn’t been any indication of a problem before today’s news.
The hope, clearly, is that the reigning National League Cy Young winner is just experiencing a minor issue. He’ll surely be handled with care regardless, as the Mets can ill afford to allow a small problem to become a larger one. deGrom, who inked a four-year extension just before the start of the season, has previously undergone Tommy John surgery but has been quite durable since.
realgone2
Uh oh.
Bocephus
Good God mikeyank55 is gonna be pulling out the I told you so card.
mikeyank55
What’s your old posting name phus?
I don’t know you and yet I’m already in your head?
Wow.
Actually it’s premature to say anything. I am happy for deGrom that he signed the contract to protect his family.
Others like Matt Harvey pitched their heart out and in the process of blowing out his elbow and shoulder was robbed of his ultimate payday.
thecoffinnail
Harvey never got an extension because his agent was Scott Boras. There were tons of rumors about the Mets offering him and extension but Boras didn’t think there was enough money involved. I am sure he would have signed a Strasburg type extension but no way Boras was going for anything not close to market rate for a free agent ace. I am sure if he was willing to accept something in the AAV rate of $18-$19m the Mets would have given it to him. Harvey like Samardzija wanted top dollar and didn’t want to offer any kind of discount. It seems like when players approach extensions like that and the team doesn’t sign them it usually works out better for the team. Harvey, Shark, Arrieta, Lincecum, Masterson, Desmond, and Neil Walker all come to mind. I can’t blame them for betting on themselves but you have to look at what they were offered and say how much would have been enough? Lincecum, Desmond and Shark were all offered $100m or close to it. Walker was offered close to $50m.
callingoutdummies247
Hi Mike….. was that comment not exactly anti Met? Whoa
mikeyank55
Glad to be in your head 24/7 dummy.
Convenient memory on the part of Mets fans in denial that Harvey’s career was destroyed in the 2015 season when Wilpon and Sandy manipulated the press to force Harvey to
mikeyank55
Disregard Medical advice and blow by the soft and hard limits that were imposed after his previous surgery.
So they shamed him on the back of the tabloids and Harvey threw his arm and career away and was never the same pitcher.
This was the MO during 2015 and many pitchers were not the same.
So dummy—can you remember that far back or are you capable of doing a google search? I’m calling you out in advance so that you can’t just post your normal stupidity.
Whoa.
ChiSox_Fan
Gio may be available soon.
ABCD
Sox should sign Gio so they can trade him again.
ba2929
“he has dialed up the heat over the course of the season”
Danny Duffy did the same thing. Then he had Tommy John surgery. Never once had his fastball slow down in his TJ year.
Exhibiting high velocity doesn’t mean the elbow is fine.
swinging wood
It’s not uncommon for a guy to show increased velocity shortly before having elbow issues. Whether the two are related or just coincidence hasn’t been clearly proven.
fs54
I was wondering whether it has been proven or not. I recall more than one instance where a pitcher started throwing harder, just before a major injury.
ChiSox_Fan
Pitchers throwing too hard. Keep testing themselves. Until arm fails.
thecoffinnail
When I blew out my UCL I had changed my mechanics a bit and put another 6mph on my fastball. I have always wondered if I hadn’t made those adjustments in my mechanics if I would have more of a baseball career. Instead after 2 years in college my arm was kaput. Of course these days I could have Tommy John and would probably be as good as new but back when I blew mine out it wasn’t nearly as common and still considered possibly career ending.
padam
Here we go…ugh.
DarkSide830
well if it isnt another Mets injury article.
Solar Flare
Well, this ain’t good.
david klein
Snake bit baby
joeyrocafella
Crap……..
walls17
Teams keep giving big contracts to starting pitchers
whyhayzee
Severino, deGrom, Sale, Snell, Kershaw, and on and on it goes.
And mlb is even thinking about moving the pitchers mound back further?
Um, ok.
realgone2
Exactly.
Strike Four
Stop letting pitchers throw 100, for their own damn good. Its pitching, not throwing. It’s an art form, not a generic skill.
Frisco500
You just called throwing 100 a generic skill.
its_happening
Could be a genetic skill….
bobtillman
I wonder if the elbow hurt so much he was unable to hold the pen and sign the contract.
Ketch
Neither he nor Sale were THAT hurt…
Danthemilwfan
Why no pitcher is worth a long term extension. Pay big per year before you give them that 5+ year extension.
dimitrios in la
Exactly. And it’s what most intelligent league executives are thinking too.
BrewersMVP08
I remember when the Brewers heard elbow exam, and their star reliever Knebel in the same sentence….never good.
iplay_in_traffic
RIP Jake
curlydub
No.
nicketz
Oh no.
Always seems like the stories that start out with “he felt something minor in his elbow” always end with the knife and a two year hiatus. 🙁
Philliesfan4life
If he has to get Tommy John , then there goes the mets season. I kinda called this in preseason, one of DeGrom or Thor was gonna get hurt.
Braves2019
Considering their track record, this was pretty predictable lol
jorge78
Yes! Even the Vegas bookies wouldn’t have taken that bet!
frank_costanza
Not sure the Mets really had a season to begin with. People keep forgetting that every year they are the April World Series champions.
mikeyank55
Frank-you are hurting the feelings of the mets fans. They will soon make snide remarks, and play with each other to downvote you (whatever that means).
@DaOldDerbyBastard
You ever worry about your own team?
mikeyank55
You should worry about your identity here.
callingoutdummies247
MikeYanker only worries about the Mets. They’re his entire life. He used to be a Mets fan but they traded away his favorite player. So he switched teams and is not into picking on the Mets. Come on Mike, give us some Wagon Wheel and Mutt and Jeff action
mikeyank55
Hey dummy…no I’ve never been so dumb as to support the Mets. It sounds good, except for the source being a self proclaimed dummy. And it’s reinforced with your dumb posts.
The best part is that I’ve gotten in your head so that now DUMMY you are posting my appointed names for Mets ownership and management.
What a dope you are. The next time you change your identity here you should consider “Mets Dope”, or even “Miss Mets Dope”.
Strike Four
Nah, that’s universal-fact that Seattle is always predicted to make the playoffs in the preseason and champs in April, yet have a 19 year postseason drought for good reason.
Ketch
Only one?
HubcapDiamondStarHalo
Between the Mets and the Yankees, maybe someone needs to check the NYC water supply or something…
baseball10
So the sickness was a cover?
csspackler
10,000 sphincter muscles slamming shut in Queens.
curlydub
Thx now I have Mountain Dew on my laptop
toastyroasty
proctologists around the world thought that was funny
dimitrios in la
Not sure this helps matters but sure ok.
chicagofan1978
God i hope he is ok, I’m a huge fan of his, I’m sure a lot of us are regardless of the team we root for
n13gmlb
Honestly I agree with you, I am a Yankee fan we have St Yanks General Hospital this year, but never in my years as a fan do I enjoy other teams injuries or joke about. Last year with Price I was happy he avoided Tommy John, hated that Darvish went down, Kershaw etc etc.
dimitrios in la
Very much so.
klarmore11
While it is a word of dubious importance when writing, “clearly” always works better at the start of the sentence.
MWeller77
You clearly don’t have enough to do
nymetsking
Indubitably
Strike Four
lmaoo mweller77 that was next level, because you also proved his point was wrong lololol
jorge78
Shouldn’t you be grading papers that students actually need you to look at?
showman
I sometimes wonder if this site’s writers are trying to write as badly as possible. Every other sentence is “needless to say” this or “clearly” that. Given that writing is surely meant to be read by humans, needless to say, no one, clearly, would write in such a stilted, halting style on purpose.
HubcapDiamondStarHalo
To my best guess, this site’s writers are passing along information about Major League Baseball… Perhaps this would be a site more to your liking: chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html
Lance
he couldn’t leave as a FA until the end of next year. there was ZERO reason for the Mets to extend his contract. these owners never seem to learn
jorge78
My thoughts exactly!
Ketch
Except that if they waited another year, his price might have gone up…
stymeedone
All pitchers are durable, right up to when they are not.
dimitrios in la
Which is way too often.
swinging wood
Seeing a sentence start with a lower case character was strange to see!
For baseball’s sake, I hope deGrom isn’t hurt. He’s a beast, and I enjoy watching him pitch even if my team has some pretty fierce periods of rivalry with the Mets.
jorge78
You just set a new low for the grammar police. Go help klueless11 grade papers please…..
swinging wood
There wasn’t a mistake, and I wasn’t saying anything needed to be corrected. I am merely observing that seeing a sentence/paragraph start with a lowercase character is something I rarely see. There was no foul and no harm. Chill.
showman
Do you know what grammar is?
HubcapDiamondStarHalo
Grammpar’s wife?
jvent
That’ll be the end of the Mets season lol
sureshotschmitty
The media was all over management to get a deal done now
The fans the same
We are snake bitten when it comes to these contracts I can see the Wilson’s point almost feel sorry for them but not really and I’m a Mets fan
yamsi1912
It’s over.
gmenfan
Did it ever start ?
cleonswoboda
I had strep throat once and all my joints ached for over a month. sometimes your immune system will attack the joints similar to rheumatoid arthritis. let’s hope that’s the case and no other damage is shown.
jonnyzuck
That sounds a lot less likely than the simpler explanation that he’s injured
mikeyank55
Hey clean-you’ve been drinking the ‘69 juice too long.
callingoutdummies247
His name is Cleon, you dope
mikeyank55
Actually Cleon is clean, unlike you. Your mother should have taught you how to shower more than every once in a while.
You are angry because the Yankees wouldn’t admit you into the stadium, however dummy you reeked.
AngelDiceClay
Cutting off his hair threw his balance off putting more stress on his elbow. It’s comminly known as Sassoon’s elbow
jorge78
LOL
Strike Four
Quality of posts in this thread have been A+ hahahahahahaha that was legit great
Bruin1012
Really sucks hope for the best. Not a Mets fan but any true baseball fan is wishing for the best for him.
Baseballfreak
Should’ve traded him to the Yankees when they would’ve depleted the farm to get him. Then he could be with the rest of the roster on the IL. Just saying.
Strike Four
What Yankees farm? Florial and? lol
Jonthunder
For Andujar would have been hilarious.
Grizalt
Ruh roh
weaselpuppy
Dallas to NY.
leprechaun
Could be back by next July or August even with TJ surgery. I know a kid in D1 JC only been out of it 14-15 months and is 3-2 with a 2.0 era starting. It all depends on rehab and ones personal work ethic.
jorge78
And age probably.
And lack of drug testing.
jorge78
I hope the Mets paid the insurance premiums…..
mikeyank55
Nope. They were waiting for a few more gates to collect the money.
jorge78
Wow. this article had to have set the record for most comments in the quickest time…..
Bryzzo2016
Damn, I hate seeing stuff like this. The best pitcher in the game, MLB fans wanna see this guy pitch. Obviously not a Mets fan, but I sincerely hope the MRI is clean and it’s just a sore elbow.
@DaOldDerbyBastard
Don’t worry. Vargas is pitching a one hitter right now.
chesteraarthur
Good thing they didn’t ext….oh.
pullhitter445
I can see the espn 30 for 30 title now:
The greatest pitching staff that never was (the story of the New York Mets) Harvey, degrom, syndegard, wheeler….
bravesfan
If I’m the Mets, I go get Dallas and Gio. Dallas can replace degrom as a solid starting pitcher, if degrom comes back normal then you have an elite #5 in Dallas. Gio makes sense as a #5 today. I hate them, but some fixes and bandaids are out there for their situation. My braves entire bullpen is garbage and we are doing nothing about it
Scrap1ron
Lucky for Jake he signed that extension.