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Jacob deGrom To Undergo Elbow Surgery

By Steve Adams | September 21, 2016 at 5:05pm CDT

TODAY: deGrom’s procedure was completed successfully today, the Mets announced. His ulnar nerve was “reposition[ed]” during the surgery, and the expectation remains that he’ll be ready to go next spring.

YESTERDAY: Mets right-hander Jacob deGrom will undergo surgery on the ulnar nerve issue in his right elbow later this week, reports ESPN New York’s Adam Rubin. The operation, which will move the nerve to alleviate the discomfort deGrom has been feeling, comes with a three-month recovery, Rubin adds.

Obviously, the operation will bring deGrom’s season to a close and rule him out of the Mets’ postseason rotation picture (if New York is able to hang onto the Wild Card spot it currently holds). The 28-year-old former NL Rookie of the Year (2014) was able to start just 24 games for the Mets in 2016 but was quite productive when on the mound even in spite of the nerve issue in his arm. DeGrom totaled 148 innings of 3.03 ERA ball this season, averaging 8.7 K/9 and 2.2 BB/9 to go along with a 45.6 percent ground-ball rate. He entered the season with one year, 139 days of Major League service time, making him a very likely Super Two candidate following the season.

DeGrom becomes the latest Mets starter to go down with an arm injury in what has been a difficult year for New York’s vaunted young rotation. Zack Wheeler was never able to make it back to a big league mound as he recovered from 2015 Tommy John surgery but incurred numerous setbacks along the way. Matt Harvey, meanwhile, underwent surgery to alleviate thoracic outlet syndrome after struggling through the first half of the regular season. Both Steven Matz and Noah Syndergaard are pitching through bone spurs in their throwing elbows as well, though Syndergaard’s is considered much more minor in nature. And if the bone spur wasn’t enough, Matz has also been battling tightness in his left shoulder, which has sidelined him for the past month, though he’s nearing a return from the disabled list.

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  1. willreily

    4 years ago

    Wow… The Mets SPs really got hit with the injury bug this season. It’s kind of a surprise that they’re even in contention at this point.

    In any case, all three NL Wildcard contending teams look weak, especially having to face the Cubs in the division series. Mets won’t have 3 shutdown SPs, Giants bullpen is faltering, and the Cardinals are just too inconsistent (don’t run the bases well, or play solid defense).

    Will be interesting to see if the Mets can hold on to a W.C spot.

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    • ExileInLA

      4 years ago

      Mets are DOA vs Cubs…Joe Maddon won’t lose to them again.

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      • metseventually

        4 years ago

        Masson doesn’t play baseball- Bryant, Rizzo and Lester do.

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        • Kayrall

          4 years ago

          Lol, this guy.

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        • Djones246890

          4 years ago

          Lol. Always gotta be at least one of those guys in every comments section.

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      • staypuft

        4 years ago

        Really going out on a limb there, picking the stacked team to beat the trash team. I mean, duh. The mets are DOA against everyone in the playoffs.

        The Mets starting rotation is a shell of what it was this time last year, and that was supposed to be their strength. They let Murphy walk, his replacement is done for the year, they’ve got corner outfielders playing centerfield, and James freaking Loney playing first base.

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        • hojostache

          4 years ago

          This is sadly accurate.

          I think that if the Mets can get into the playoffs….they have a puncher’s chance against the Cubs, The Mets won the season season series 5-2, which is the best winning % of any NL team that played the Cubs this year.

          The Mets can hit (HR at least) and their BP has really stepped up in the past month with Salas, Reed, and Family as the 7/8/9 and Blevins as the LOOGY (even though he can face both L & R batters). It’s too bad the Mets are down Harvey, de Grom, Wheeler, and have a gimped up Matz.

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        • chesteraarthur

          4 years ago

          It’s a short series and this is baseball. While they are not gonna be favored to win the series, I’d never count any team out

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  2. donmar2001

    4 years ago

    Lol James freaking Loney

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  3. cmessick80

    4 years ago

    The mets are just like the angels in that they don’t know how to take care of their young pitchers arms. I mean look at wheeler he may have to go under the knife again and possibly lose him for 2 more years and the mets will be lucky if half of the rotation is back healthy for spring training

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    • stl_cards16

      4 years ago

      I’ll let you in on a little secret, it’s not just the Mets and Angels.

      Every team in baseball is bad at keeping young pitchers healthy.

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  4. ib6ub9

    4 years ago

    There dropping like flies. Is colon the only good one left?

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  5. justacubsfan

    4 years ago

    Remember when everyone lauded the Mets because they swept the Cubs? Theo and co just proved why you take hitting in the drafts. Way more projectable. Even guys like Baez, who is super utility player, have much more of a role than a stud pitcher on the DL. The team the Cubs should be worried about is the Giants. Still have Bum and Cueto (both of whom own Rizzo) and their bullpen can get hot at any point in postseason. The Cubs need to keep their hitters in the lineup… Guys like Kris, Rizzo, addy, Heyward, fowler, have had rest the whole year. I would hate for them to start out cold in the postseason because they haven’t had weeks of hitting in.

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    • cdb29349

      4 years ago

      You could put Heyward on the sun and his bad would still be cold. Terrible overpay

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      • cdb29349

        4 years ago

        bat*

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    • hojostache

      4 years ago

      SF is scary because of MadBum, Cueto, and their stupid luck in the playoffs. The Cubs are…by far…the most complete team this year, though in a short series they are vulnerable to dominant starting pitching. The Mets are definitely the most flawed of the teams left in contention, but they keep finding pitching and they can get scary hot at the plate (besides Bruce…whom is getting crushed under the bright lights of NYC).

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