The New deGrom Deserves His Own Thread Again Thread

[batmagadanleadoff]

That's what I thought when I first read that. That's a good deal for whatever team signs deGrom because it doesn't have to commit to deGrom's late 30 years which, given his injury history, are very risky.



What bothered me about Bowden's prediction is that it's just more confirmation that deGrom's willingness to consider playing somewhere else is very real, maybe even a fait accompli.

[Frayed Knot]

Assuming that Bowden's prediction is based on any knowledge of deGrom's mindset is a sizable leap.

[MFS62]

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One of Jim Bowden's 25 predictions for this off-season, writing for The Athletic .

[batmagadanleadoff]

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One of Jim Bowden's 25 predictions for this off-season, writing for The Athletic .

[batmagadanleadoff]

Ken Rosenthal, for The Athletic writes that it's unlikely that the Braves will sign deGrom, explaining essentially that the Braves aren't willing to pay any single player the amount of money that it would probably take to sign deGrom.

[Frayed Knot]

So, maybe not a fait accompli then?

[Edgy MD]

Now I'm starting to suspect that David Stearns thing isn't set in stone.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Somebody (The Blue Jays?) hired met-lovin big shot Jon Daniels to a front-offie position.

[ashie62]

Jim Bowden of The Athletic predicts Jake will sign with the Braves on a two year 90 million dollar deal with Jake getting a one year opt out clause

[Benjamin Grimm]

I have a feeling that opt-outs are here to stay.

[Ceetar]

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Jim Bowden of The Athletic predicts Jake will sign with the Braves on a two year 90 million dollar deal with Jake getting a one year opt out clause

[batmagadanleadoff]

The Mets have received enough indications from deGrom's camp, according to a source, that they believe the two-time Cy Young award winner wants to stay, provided there isn't a significant discrepancy in offers.



https://nypost.com/2022/11/19/mets-believe-jacob-degrom-prefers-to-stay-if-contract-is-similar/https://nypost.com/2022/11/19/mets-believe-jacob-degrom-prefers-to-stay-if-contract-is-similar/

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

https://www.sny.tv/articles/yankees-checked-in-jacob-degrom-mets-priorityhttps://www.sny.tv/articles/yankees-checked-in-jacob-degrom-mets-priority



They have to do this, especially after the loose talk about "We'll stay away from your guy if you stay away from ours."

[MFS62]

Should Jake's injury history be a negative factor for teams interested in signing him? (From an SNY article found on Yahoo/sports).

For that, we turned to Deepak Chona, MD, founder of SportsMedAnalytics and a Stanford and Harvard-trained orthopedic sports surgeon who does not personally treat deGrom. "DeGrom has missed substantial time in recent years, but his injuries don't necessarily indicate an anatomic weak point that should make us think he's injury-prone," said Chona. "It's unlikely that a stress reaction in his scapula is related to the elbow inflammation that sidelined him previously. Furthermore, both of these injuries generally heal well without any lingering performance or durability impacts. "Could he get hurt again? Yes, absolutely. The forces of throwing a fastball put the shoulder and elbow at elevated risk in every pitcher. But there's nothing about his recent injury history to suggest that his risk is higher than any other pitcher of his age."

Maybe not.

Later