Mets as Jacob deGrom Withdrew from the home team game after an inning on Tuesday due to back strain, Tim Healey of Newsday tweets.
It remains unclear whether this problem will jeopardize deGrom’s chances of taking the ball to the Mets when his season begins on July 24. However, as Tim Britton of The Athletic points out, the strain on his back prevented deGrom from starting Opening Day in 2018.
If the Mets are going to break their three-year playoff drought in 2020, it stands to reason that they need a healthy deGrom to continue leading their pitching staff. The 32-year-old is irreplaceable, winning the Cy Youngs National League consecutively and consistently providing front-line production since making his major league debut in 2014. He shot 204 innings of 2.43 ERA / 2.67 FIP with 11.25 K / 9 and 1.94 BB / 9 last year.
Of course rightly Noah Syndergaard For a year after undergoing Tommy John surgery, deGrom is even more important to the Mets’ cause. Marcus Stroman, Rick Porcello, Steven matz and Michael Wacha they’re programmed to make up for the rest of what a solid rotation should be if it’s healthy, but the depth of the Mets seems questionable (Walker lockett and Corey Oswalt may be first in line to start in case of injury).
