For the New York Mets, it happened again Tuesday night; ace Jacob deGrom left a game with back tightness. The Cy Young Award winner has had recurring problems with back tightness going back to 2016. Tuesday night, it took only one inning for his back to go out of wack in one of the Met’s last intrasquad games.
In 2016, deGrom did exit his first start of the season early because of more tightness. In 2018, he had starts altered or pushed back because of recurring back problems. In neither case did it cause him to miss his first start of the season.