TODAY: DeGrom will start against the Rockies on Tuesday, Mets manager Luis Rojas told Newsday’s Tim Healey and other reporters.
MAY 21: Mets ace Jacob deGrom made a minor league rehab start last night, and that one outing looks to be all the right-hander will need. MLB Network’s Jon Morosi tweets that the expectation is that deGrom will be activated off the 10-day injured list and make his next start with the big league club. The most likely return date for DeGrom would be on May 25 or 26, when the Mets host the Rockies.
DeGrom’s IL placement was backdated to May 10, after he experienced some tightness in his right side that resulted in deGrom leaving his most recent start after five innings. Since an MRI came back clean, deGrom’s trip to the injury list was seen as just a precautionary move to ensure that he could return in top form.
It initially wasn’t even known if a rehab start would be necessary, but deGrom made such an appearance last night for the Mets’ A-ball affiliate in St. Lucie. According to Mike Puma of the New York Post, deGrom threw 41 pitches over three innings in the game, not allowing any hits and recording eight strikeouts. He then threw a simulated inning in the bullpen afterwards to complete his evening’s work.
Needless to say, the Mets will welcome their ace back under any circumstances, but deGrom’s return is particularly well-timed for a team with an undermanned rotation. Marcus Stroman and David Peterson are the only healthy starters available, as Taijuan Walker just hit the IL on Wednesday and Carlos Carrasco and Noah Syndergaard are still rehabbing injuries.
Finally, some good news
Anyone want to discuss the Felipe Vazquez case? Holy cow he’s in deep water!
What is there to discuss. He’s a horrible person who’s getting the punishment he deserves.
Terrible actions lead to terrible consequences. Good pitcher, but if he’s gonna do that get him out of here
Just make sure there aren’t any teenage girls in the water with him.
I agree- like what the heck was going through his mind? Sick people out there- is there any other baseball player out there who’s done a thing like that disgusting guy?
Read up on Mel Hall…
sbnation.com/2014/7/15/5883593/the-many-crimes-of-…
Just WOW dude. I read up on Mel Hall and holy s*^+…. Such a looooooong read but dang that was extremely creepy. That man is definitely going to h3II lol
That’s one of the most disturbing and graphic journalism projects I’ve ever read. (Probably a close second only behind Drew Robinson’s attempted suicide.) Makes death row inmates look like petty thieves. Abuse in every possible definition of the word. Bury him under the jail.
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The Twitter post from the Single A Palm Beach Cardinals last night was hilarious! “Jacob deGrom is throwing 102 MPH… Someone send help.”
I’m not sure what was more amazing – deGrom throwing 8Ks in three innings or that two Single A players were able to put the ball in play.
the 2 single A putting in play. If it was AAA the 8 K’s would be cooler
Yeah, both were in the first inning. The leadoff batter reached on an error by the second baseman, then stole second and third on strikeouts I believe before Jacob got their cleanup hitter to ground out. DeGrom struck out the side in order the next two innings.
NL East is AAA, no?
No
Remember when the common cry was that the NL East was the “toughest division in baseball”?
So long ago…
Side tightness is a loser way of saying your lazy.
Says the person who didn’t work hard in fourth-grade English class.
Yeah, the best pitcher in baseball is lazy. This totally makes sense and is something we’re all glad you posted.
What we want to know is who will play de Grom in the remake of “Mr. 300”. It will be called “Mr. .500”.
LOL
deGrom still will not get a win.
True. He only pitched three innings, but that was expected.
The poor Palm Beach Cardinals had to face Seth Lugo, Noah Syndergaard, and Jacob deGrom on consecutive days.
Think how much fun that would be, to be in A ball and get to face three of the best, including one of the all-century greats!
Mets still in first place, hater.
That’s great news, but the way things are going this year it won’t surprise me if deGrom gets hurt in his next start.
It can’t be doing his arm any good to be increasing his already considerable velocity as he gets older.
It can’t be prudent to be doing what he’s doing. Fun to watch, sure, but if you were a 100-yard dash guy, and you were capable of running faster as you went through your thirties, should you?
He throws 100 with less effort as most pitchers throw 93-97. I’m not predicting anything bc nobody knows what will happen but I think his arm will be fine.
He’s the reincarnation of Nolan Ryan with pinpoint control
deGrom is not human.
Best stuff ever. Doesn’t have the career as some other had. But Degrom has the best stuff ever. 101 with a nasty slider/change
To state the obvious the level of competition is meaningless for what deGrom and the Mets are looking for; they just want a live situation to see how he is feeling.
He obviously does not have to prove himself so A AA or AAA is meaningless; probably just a matter of convenience and what level they want to briefly disrupt.
What’s the criteria now for wins to get into the Hall of Fame? DeGrom with his bad luck won’t get anywhere near 300
There is no minimum criterion for wins. We know better these days.
Sandy Koufax is in with 165, Dizzy Dean with 150.
Sanford Braun!
Solid point, although Dean is one of the Hall’s clear mistakes.
You need a great nickname. If Dizzy and Catfish were only known in baseball as Jay and James, they’d be stuck forever in the Hall of the Very Good.
He didn’t need wins. He doesn’t get hurt badly in the next 3 years and he’ll be a lock.
I think there’s precedent for these guys who have unbelievable stretches for brief periods. Koufax is someone I got to. deGrom has been unreal going on 4 years or so. If something drastic happens, and there’s no reason to think it would, I still think he gets HOF consideration. I don’t think you need to look at a career as a whole as much as an unbelievable run. deGrom is definitely in the midst of an unreal run.
@mlbnyyfan DeGrom could have the best luck in the world and still not get any where near 300 wins.
If he doubles his current innings total and reaches 2500 ip, career, that should do it. Or if he wins a couple more Cy Young awards.
He’s one of the all-time greats by performance above his league’s average—he just needs the longevity. Would a dozen seasons, 2,000 career innings (which is a very small number), 4 Cy Young awards, but just 125 wins get it done?
Kershaw had probably earned a HOF plaque after his 10th year in the league, 2017, albeit with just 144 wins in 1935 innings, and 58 bWAR. 3 Cy Young awards, 2 2nd place finishes, an MVP… Kershaw was actually better than deGrom, with a 161 ERA+ to deG’s 154, but if that’s not good enough, then no pitcher can get in after 10 seasons. No human pitcher, that is.
Fwiw, it would be strange to keep deGrom out regardless, as he has already pitched more innings than Trevor Hoffman, and at a much higher quality than Hoffman did.
deGrom is scheduled to face the Rockies at home? So, we can pencil in the next no-hitter, right? That’s assuming another one doesn’t happen before he starts.
I thought you needed to quarantine, if you pitched anywhere other than Triple A, which has stricter COVID protocols?
I know that’s why Strasburg rehab start was in Triple A, rather the a the single A team less than an hour away.
It appears that testing is being given more weight in clearing COViD protocols and ultimately minimizing blanket quarantine periods.
DeGrom can strike out 18 so but if they dont have RBIs they are not winning.
Mcann might have 1 hit 0 rbi
Alonso no hiits or rbi
Lindor 0-4 no hits no rbi
Villar might have 1 rbi
no Mcneal
No Davis
Smith 1 hit no rbi
Lee 0-5
Maybin 0-3
Peraza 2 hits o rbi
Stroman
0-3
Need Rbi guys,
How long does Alderson wait?
The thing is deGrom drives then in too.
They have rbi guys. They just aren’t hitting. And are all hurt. Lindor early on being terrible and mcneil not hitting was a huge blow to the offense. If they each got 4 more hits per week than they did they still wouldn’t even be at their normal output but would have given the Mets 8 more base runners in front of alonso who was hitting and jd davis who was hitting (between injuries) and also would have likely driven in nimmo a lot of the times since he was on base at nearly a 50% clip. Those two guys bad start hurt them. Lindor looks to slowly be turning the page and then getting 75% of their starting roster back from injuries will only help. Eventually. In the meantime just enjoy the show these kids are putting on. They are a lot of fun to watch with the kids playing for their careers as rookies and nido carrying the offense.