New Ranger Jacob deGrom looked exactly like his usual brilliant self while throwing close to 30 closely watched pitches Sunday, while allaying any thought he might be behind schedule.
Then afterward, he threw sharp curveballs at what he suggested were widely held untruths about him in an exclusive interview with The Post, principally and pointedly making clear that he didn’t dislike New York or even his old Mets contract, and that he could have even seen himself returning to Queens.
“You look at places you can see yourself playing. All I had known was New York, and part of me thought I’d be back,” he said. “That kind of got out. [But] I really enjoyed my time in New York,” deGrom said. “I have friends that will be lifelong friends in New York. We still keep in touch with a lot of people. That was all I knew for 13 years including eight seasons in the big leagues. The fans and everyone were always great to me. It was never like 100 percent I’m leaving here.”Jacob deGrom signed with the Rangers in free agency.
DeGrom made clear perhaps, too, for the first time that the $137.5 million Mets contract he signed that wound up paying him somewhat less than market by the end for one of baseball’s rare aces never was a negative, and specifically that one of his agents leaving to become Mets GM, which could have put him at a negotiating disadvantage, also didn’t weigh on him .
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