After finally getting close to full strength, the Mets have been hit with bad injury luck since returning from the All-Star break.
After Francisco Lindor was placed on the IL with an oblique strain, manager Luis Rojas told reporters on Saturday that Jacob deGrom will not pitch on Monday due to forearm tightness.
“We were waiting on Jake to throw his side yesterday…when he was throwing his side he felt some tightness in his forearm and he didn’t finish his side,” Rojas said. “We’re evaluating him and he has been getting treatment. We’ll see where he’s at. But right now, he’s not pitching Monday either. We’re approaching him day-to-day at this time.”
DeGrom hasn’t pitched since July 7, and was on track for Monday before stopping Friday’s bullpen session early. It was a tightness deGrom told Rojas he felt in another bullpen session before the All-Star break, and it hasn’t gone away, so he will be shut down until that discomfort is gone. But an MRI revealed no structural damage, which was a massive relief for the Mets.
“He told me he felt it…in a side that he threw before the break,” Rojas said. “He played catch at home and intended to throw a side at home and he felt the tightness again and just stopped throwing.”
Saturday’s news is the latest in a series of minor injuries for deGrom in an otherwise historic season. He was sidelined nearly two weeks earlier in the season with side soreness, then left a start early in June with flexor tendonitis before making his next scheduled start, only to leave that one as well with shoulder soreness.
The Mets will obviously proceed with caution when it comes to their historic ace, who boasts a 1.08 ERA in 92 innings this season.
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