And you thought Jacob deGrom had made his last pitch for the Rangers this year. Turns out, he’s pretty effective even with a cumbersome brace on his...
And yada, yada, yada: Here he is. He will make his first start for the club on Thursday against the Chicago White Sox.The past 48 hours had been tumultuous for Scherzer. Even though the Mets struggled all year, himself included, he’d been given no indication the team was giving up on the season. Or in 2024, the last year of his contract. That all changed in the middle of the week when the Mets traded closer David Robertson to Miami.
It caught Scherzer by surprise. He’d had enough issues this year trying to command his slider and trying to tone down a career-high in home run balls. On Friday, he started, shut down his old teammates in Washington and then said he’d like to have a conversation with GM Billy Eppler about the team’s direction. Eppler told him, um, yeah, uh, well, things have changed, and the Mets were going to sell off pieces and “transition” towards contending again in 2025.
Scherzer responded by kindly asking to speak to the owner, too. Steve Cohen, who gave out big contracts the last two winters like they were promotional bobbleheads, echoed his GM. Scherzer didn’t exactly demand a trade but did let it be known that, sure, he’d waive his no-trade clause.“[Eppler’s] answer was that the team was now kind of shifting vision,” Scherzer said. “It was not going to be a reload situation in New York. It was going to be more of a transition in 2024.
“He’s intense and he’s going to compete like nobody else,” deGrom said. “He’s going to help the Rangers win. And that’s going to be fun.”“I’ve kind of had a Jekyll and Hyde season,” he said. “I’ve been giving up homers at a rate I’m not comfortable with. I’ve been trying to make adjustments and trying to iron things out. I feel like over the past couple of weeks, I’ve kind of identified some of the right things.
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