May 13 – 3:11 pm
The Mets announced that Jacob deGrom will wear #48 and when he makes his major league debut, it will be out of the bullpen.
DeGrom has made 58 career minor league starts, and has not pitched in relief since his college days at Stetson University.
It will be exciting to see him pitch, maybe even Tuesday night against the Yankees.
Side Note:
Other notable Mets pitchers to wear #48 were, Randy Myers, Glendon Rusch, Aaron Heilman, and Frank Francisco.
May 13 – 12:12 am
Adam Rubin of ESPN NY reports that Jacob deGrom has received a promotion to the majors. DeGrom will replace Gonzalez Germen in the bullpen, who the Mets placed on the disabled list with a virus after Monday’s 9-7 win against the Yankees.
DeGrom, 25, was 4-0 with 2.58 ERA in seven starts with Vegas and now is another key component of the Mets youth movement. The future is finally becoming a reality and one more piece to the puzzle is still on the horizon.
God forbid they just release Valverde as the should have.
I can understand that you want to buy time for your younger pitchers to be ready for a promotion, but now is the time to allow them to spread their wings and release the over the hill pitchers that just can’t get it done any longer. Farnsworth should be the first to go, and the rest should follow. If the team has to hand the ball over to the youth sooner than later, oh well go right ahead, because I did not see the team winning anything with the team that broke camp in March.