MLB Rumors: Jacob deGrom and the Texas Rangers is a topic of discussion yet again in Jon Heyman’s latest piece for the New York Post, that discusses the New York Mets free agent starting pitcher, as well as New York Yankee free agent outfielder Aaron Judge.
Heyman indicates that the New York Mets’ rapid signing of free agent reliever Edwin Diaz is an indicator that Diaz was a higher priority than deGrom, who opted out of the final year of his contract to hit the free agent market. deGrom has been great while healthy, but hasn’t been healthy often over the past two years, which makes him a high-risk, high-reward prize in the free agent market.