Jacob deGrom's first spring training with the Texas Rangers is already off to a difficult start. General manager Chris Young said Wednesday that their new ace will start spring training a few days late due to left side tightness.
ARLINGTON, TX - DECEMBER 08: Jacob deGrom #48 of the Texas Rangers addresses the media at an introductory press conference at Globe Life Field on December 8, 2022 in Arlington, Texas. Jacob deGrom's first spring training with the Texas Rangers is already off to a difficult start.
If you've followed deGrom's career for more than the last three months, everything Young said will sound similar to what you would hear when deGrom was on the New York Mets. It's just a precaution, he would normally play through it, the weather's too cold for him to get started right, we're not worried about him at all, etc.
But similarity isn't a good thing here. deGrom has spent the last three seasons with the Mets injured. He pitched a total of 224.1 innings from 2020 through 2022, which is almost as much as he pitched in 2018 alone. And every time, the Mets organization would say the same things that the Rangers did on Wednesday, to the point that Mets fans would expect deGrom to miss significant time the moment the organization said they weren't concerned.
The Rangers signed deGrom, 34, to a five-year, $185 million contract in December. Prior to that, he'd spent his entire nine-year career with the Mets, who drafted him in 2010. He won two straight National League Cy Young awards in 2018 and 2019, but his main obstacle to winning all the pitching awards every year has been his health. He hasn't pitched anywhere near a whole season since 2019.
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