{"id":246022,"date":"2021-05-10T03:01:35","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T00:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mets-must-put-jacob-degrom-on-injured-list-no-matter-what\/"},"modified":"2021-05-10T03:01:35","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T00:01:35","slug":"mets-must-put-jacob-degrom-on-injured-list-no-matter-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mets-must-put-jacob-degrom-on-injured-list-no-matter-what\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mets must put Jacob deGrom on injured list no matter what"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Mets must put Jacob deGrom on injured list no matter what<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Jacob deGrom subtly shook his head as his concerned catcher app<\/a>roached the mound, as his concerned trainer headed out from the dugout. We have all been there in the middle of a suddenly bad day at the office, so no thought bubble was required to know exactly what the ace was thinking.<\/p>\n

No words were needed to figure out the one and only question deGrom was asking himself.<\/p>\n

Are you bleepin\u2019 kidding me?<\/p>\n

He had missed a start with inflammation in his right lat, and had taken 10 days off to cool it down. The Mets were carrying a 2-1 lead over Arizona into the sixth inning after deGrom had minimized the bases-loaded damage in a fifth-inning mess of his own design. And now he was feeling tightness in a different area on his right side, in his lower back, enough to make the city hold its collective breath.<\/p>\n

It was Mother\u2019s Day, and the Mets were playing with pink bats, pink gloves, pink ribbons, pink compression sleeves, pink everything. A great day to be at a great ballpark, Citi Field, until James McCann caught a deGrom warm-up pitch, rose from his crouch and motioned toward the dugout that help was needed on the mound. DeGrom himself had signaled for assistance, never a good sign.<\/p>\n

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Jacob deGrom is pulled from the game<\/a> because of injury on Sunday.<\/figcaption>
Corey Sipkin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A meeting of invested parties, including trainer Brian Chicklo, was held between the rubber and the plate, and the decision was made to call it a day. DeGrom walked off the field with his head down. He stepped into the dugout, took a pat on the back, and disappeared down the same tunnel where Francisco Lindor and Jeff McNeil had fought over rats and raccoons, before eventually heading off to get an MRI exam.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were debating,\u201d said manager Luis Rojas, \u201cand it wasn\u2019t worth taking the risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s never worth taking a risk with the game\u2019s most dominant pitcher. No matter what that MRI says, the Mets need to shut down deGrom for his own good, and put him on the injured list. They need to protect Jacob deGrom the franchise player from Jacob deGrom the competitor.<\/p>\n

Truth is, this second injury shouldn\u2019t come as any surprise. As much as deGrom makes it look easy, the human body isn\u2019t built to deliver 100-mph fastballs over and over again, without there being consequences sooner or later.<\/p>\n