Mets general manager Billy Eppler said he talked to Jacob deGrom one-on-one on Sunday night. “He knows how we feel," explained Eppler. "I know how he feels. It was a good conversation. … Things are positive.” The Mets' ace is widely-expected to exercise the opt-out in his contract (rather than make $30.5M in 2023) and test the open market this offseason. DeGrom is capable of being the best pitcher in the world, but it's a complicated situation with his injury history and the way he scuffled down the stretch. The 34-year-old completed seven innings just twice in his 11 starts this season. He's going to make big money no matter what (perhaps looking at Max Scherzer's record $43.3M AAV on a short-term deal), but it will be fascinating to see how this plays out. There's certainly some urgency from the Mets' perspective with Scherzer as the only sure thing in the rotation at the moment, but it's just a matter of how they want to spend. SOURCE: Deesha Thosar on Twitter Oct 14, 2022, 11:42 AM ET My hope is Jake soon says something like this, "after thinking about things a lot and how the season ended I've decided not to opt out of my contract because I feel there's some unfinished business to do in 2023 and I'm all in. Hopefully the team will bring back a lot of the free agents too, we're a good group and I'm kahnfident we can win it all in 2023." Edited some punctuation