NEW YORK -- Jacob deGrom spent the past two seasons separating himself from almost everyone out there.
This was something entirely different, though.
As the New York Mets opened a most unusual summer camp Friday, the back-to-back Cy Young Award winner ran sprints by himself in shallow right field and then grabbed his personal bag of baseballs to throw off a bullpen mound.
No hugs or handshakes, and little good-natured ribbing with teammates close by ... because there weren't many.
Home run champ Pete Alonso, the reigning NL Rookie of the Year, wore a bandanna on his forehead and a mask over his mouth at first base.