Jacob deGrom to make rehab start for Triple-A Syracuse on Wednesday
Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom looks on from the dugout during an MLB game against the Brewers at Citi Field on June 16. Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
The Mets announced that Jacob deGrom will start for Triple-A Syracuse on Wednesday against Omaha, the next and possibly final start on his minor-league rehab assignment.
He began the rehab assignment on July 3, pitched a simulated game last Thursday after a two-day delay because of shoulder soreness and threw a bullpen session on Sunday at Citi Field before the Mets beat San Diego.
If he is deemed ready to return to the big-league club, he could slot into the series in Washington that begins Aug. 1. The Mets also could send him for one more minor-league game before the 30-day clock on the rehab assignment expires.
DeGrom, who hasn’t pitched for the Mets this season, was diagnosed with a stress reaction in his right shoulder blade during spring training.
DeGrom missed the last 2 1⁄2 months of the 2021 season with forearm and elbow issues. He last pitched in a big-league game on July 7, 2021.
Roger Rubin returned to Newsday in 2018 to write about high schools, colleges and baseball following 20 years at the Daily News. A Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 2011, he has covered 13 MLB postseasons and 14 NCAA Final Fours.
