Jacob deGrom promised to tell Buck Showalter “what really happened” with his Mets exit. And now he has, with The Post’s Jon Heyman serving as an intermediary.
The simple, short answer, according to him: Dollar dollar bills, y’all.
From The Post:
The chances to leave only started to lean that way, he said, as he got into free agency, and it quickly became clear that the Rangers — baseball’s other uber-aggressive team, only behind the Mets and Padres — made their feelings known early. DeGrom’s $185 million contract reflected his greatness, and turned out to be more than 50 percent more than the Mets’ bid (which sources suggest wasn’t quite the $120 million that was reported, and closer to $100 million to $110 million).