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Jacob deGrom Slated For Followup MRI Next Week

By Steve Adams | April 19, 2022 at 12:56pm CDT

Mets ace Jacob deGrom is slated to undergo a followup MRI on his ailing right shoulder next Monday, the team told reporters Tuesday (Twitter link via Anthony DiComo of MLB.com). If that round of imaging goes well, it’s possible he’ll be cleared to begin throwing shortly thereafter.

The Mets haven’t received an inning from deGrom so far in 2022, as he’s been shelved after being diagnosed with a stress reaction in his right scapula back on April 1. The original recommendation was for a four-week shutdown. A two-time Cy Young winner, deGrom pitched to a superhuman 1.08 ERA with a 45.1% strikeout rate and 3.4% walk rate in 92 frames last year before being shut down in early July with a forearm issue that eventually proved to be a season-ender.

There’s still no timetable on deGrom’s return and won’t be until that MRI next week is complete, although the Mets have not yet placed him on the 60-day injured list. That leaves open the possibility that he could return before the early-June point that such a move would necessitate.

Even without deGrom and right-hander Taijuan Walker, who’s currently out with a case of bursitis in his right shoulder, the Mets’ rotation hasn’t missed much of a beat so far in 2021. Righty Tylor Megill has gotten out to a magnificent start, hurling 11 shutout innings while brandishing an improved heater that has enjoyed a velocity spike of nearly two miles per hour. Former Cleveland star Carlos Carrasco, who struggled mightily in his first year with the Mets last season, has looked like his old self for his first two trips to the mound. Trade acquisition Chris Bassitt, meanwhile, has allowed just one run through a dozen frames. Max Scherzer has had a pair of sharp outings to begin his Mets career, and lefty David Peterson has yet to allow a run through 8 1/3 frames.

The 33-year-old deGrom is being paid $33.5MM in the penultimate guaranteed season of a five-year, $137.5MM contract. He can opt out of that deal at season’s end — a right he’s said he still plans to exercise even after missing the early portion of the season on the injured list. The right-hander’s current contract would pay him $30.5MM in 2023 and gives the Mets a $32.5MM option on the 2024 season.

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  1. You Can Put It In The Books

    3 years ago

    Mets are looking good and Steve will do what it takes to add top talent at the deadline. DeGrom is still the best pitcher in baseball and will be just fine, much to the dismay of the Mets detractors. LFGM

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    • MLB Top 100 Commenter

      3 years ago

      Mets and Rockies have the same won-loss record. Mets are improved. Whether deGrom is healthy we all need to wait and see if he can pitch even five innings two rotations in a row.

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      • You Can Put It In The Books

        3 years ago

        The Rockies are all smoke and mirrors rights now. The Mets are a different team.
        There is just absolutely zero chance EVERY hitter on the team will underperform again this year. And there is absolutely zero chance the Braves have as much luck as they had last year.

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        • BobbyKidd1965

          3 years ago

          I’m surprised the Rockies fan base hasn’t abandoned them already, after chasing away all their star performers. They’ve more or less become who the Mets were during the Wilpon era.

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    • Jeremy320

      3 years ago

      *was

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    • BobbyKidd1965

      3 years ago

      Yep, completely different team this year. The change in attitude and effectiveness has done a complete 180° since last year. You know Steve wasn’t having any more of it like he saw last year.

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  2. despicable_you

    3 years ago

    He’s a hypochondriac, JUST GET UR BUTT OUT THER AND THROUGH THE BALL!!!!!!!

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    • BigFootsFart

      3 years ago

      He’s as much of a hypochondriac as you are the epitome of good grammar and spelling

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  3. AshamedMethGoat

    3 years ago

    DeGrom will be back just in time for everyone else to regress back to their expected performances. Mets will win 85 games and grab a wild card berth, meeting their demise in the DS against one of the Dodgers or Braves. You can put that one in the books!

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    • newpony13

      3 years ago

      Mets are undefeated in the division series, they’ll lose in the nlcs though.

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      • AshamedMethGoat

        3 years ago

        Yes, because what the Mets did in the playoffs years or even decades ago applies to this year.

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      • BobbyKidd1965

        3 years ago

        I wouldn’t go betting your money on that, if I were you.

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    • BigFootsFart

      3 years ago

      Yea, your book needs to be burned

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      • AshamedMethGoat

        3 years ago

        HAHAHAHA!

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        • 48-team MLB

          3 years ago

          A Wild Card team can’t meet their demise in the NLDS if they don’t win the Wild Card Series first.

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        • Deadguy

          3 years ago

          Meth

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  4. Luke Strong

    3 years ago

    I hope he can return, he’s the best pitcher in the game when healthy.

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  5. Evan Stanleyson

    3 years ago

    I saw the word ‘MRI’ in the headline before I saw the rest of it and immediately thought it would be about Mike Trout.

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    • Paleobros

      3 years ago

      Time to stop

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  6. 48-team MLB

    3 years ago

    *ROCHESTER RABBITS

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  7. Poster formerly known as . . .

    3 years ago

    Tyler Glasnow blamed his partially torn UCL and flexor tendon strain on MLB’s crackdown on foreign substances. That was one day before deGrom was pulled from a game with pain in his shoulder. A month later, deGrom went on the 60-day IL with a forearm injury.

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  8. LordD99

    3 years ago

    The Mets starters have a 1.07 ERA so far this season, while deGrom had a 1.08 ERA last season. He’s not good enough to make the starting staff!

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    • parksy78

      3 years ago

      Lol

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  9. MarlinsFanBase

    3 years ago

    This is all @MetsFan22’s fault.

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    • You Can Put It In The Books

      3 years ago

      How’s that vaunted Marlins pitching staff doing so far?

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  10. Unclenolanrules

    3 years ago

    Johan Santana redux.

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  11. Canosucks

    3 years ago

    DeGrom is going to option out; as a Mets fan bring him back in the bullpen lower his innings and use him to close also. No point in having him start a few games and be gone again for the rest of the year.

    BTW if anyone has noticed or not Cano is off to a blazing .185 BA

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