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Jeff Passan @JeffPassan 2m BREAKING: Right-hander Jacob deGrom has signed a five-year, $185 million contract with the Texas Rangers, sources tell ESPN. Physical is passed. Deal is done. Includes conditional sixth-year option that would take total deal to $222 million. Full no-trade clause. A massive haul. Jeff Passan @JeffPassan 2m Last year, the Rangers started their rebuild by committing $500 million to Corey Seager and Marcus Semien. Now, they’ll build their pitching staff around Jacob deGrom, whose five-year, $185 million deal has no deferrals. Between that and no state tax, the money is enormous. Jeff Passan @JeffPassan 2m In Jacob deGrom, the Rangers get the most talented pitcher in the world. They are also placing an enormous bet on his health, signing the 34-year-old to a five-year deal at $37 million a season. The Rangers saw the reward for the two-time Cy Young winner well worth the risk. @JeffPassan The question for the New York Mets is now: How do they replace deGrom? Is it Carlos Rodón? Justin Verlander? They’ve pursued all of the top pitchers, including Kodai Senga and Chris Bassitt. The ~$40 million a year earmarked for deGrom can go a lot of different places. |
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OFFICIAL: We've signed RHP Jacob deGrom to a 5-year contract.
if he wasn't going to be a Met my first hope was not having to face him in the division.
it's an aggressive deal but i think it has a chance of being not terrible.
let's say a cy young season is worth 50m, if you get 2 JDG years out of him then you can get 1-2 down years out of him, and it still comes close to paying off even if he's shot by the final year (or injured for a 1 year).
i do think it's probably a risk the mets were wise to pass on. factoring in taxes they probably would have had to pay 180m or more. and they can sign 2 SP for the price of 1.
I have no issue with that.
Rangers ar spending a lot of money past two years.
Texas is terrible and this won’t make them better. DeGrom is going to have to miss 7-8 starts out of a full expected seasonal rotation likely just for maintenance rest. The Semien signing looks like a total dud. Their farm is weak.
I expect Mets to go after Rodon and Senga and I think this opens up the demand on Eppler to earn his GM job and shape a team.
Mets shouldn’t make a mistake by overpaying to keep Nimmo either.
Or, he’s on the IL.
this past season was a sour note to end on. he was lights out those first few games back but all year it was one story after another about his frustrations with mets. he took the most money and good for him, but his frustrations over the prior deal that he negotiated with his former agent and the previous ownership were nobody's fault except his own.
if they can get 2 of senga/bassitt/rodon for comparable total cash outlay (let's call it ~$180m-$200m) they are at least a little better hedged against risk.
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Free agency is moving fast now. Justin Verlander front and center for Mets
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Steve Cohen on DeGrom: “I wish him well. He has the right to choose his team. Now this team has to move on to the next thing. “
There is zero chance he finishes that contract healthy
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The Mets perceived DeGrom as so far down the road with Texas by the time they were told about it that they did not ever get to determine what their last, best offer would be.
don't begrudge him for taking the biggest deal but i do think he clearly had some kind of hostility towards the org.
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The Mets perceived DeGrom as so far down the road with Texas by the time they were told about it that they did not ever get to determine what their last, best offer would be.
don't begrudge him for taking the biggest deal but i do think he clearly had some kind of hostility towards the org.
Really? Was it due to the way he was handled medically?
There is very little chance they bounce NYY or HOU. They still suck, even with Jake.
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The Mets perceived DeGrom as so far down the road with Texas by the time they were told about it that they did not ever get to determine what their last, best offer would be.
don't begrudge him for taking the biggest deal but i do think he clearly had some kind of hostility towards the org.
Really? Was it due to the way he was handled medically?
he was supposedly pissed that alderson said he had a slight tear last year, maybe he viewed it as a negative towards his FA value? he seemed clearly pissed at the deal he signed with BVW and the Wilpons but that was all pre-Cohen so im not sure why he still had issues with the nym org.
Still hopeful for him in 2024
There is zero chance he finishes that contract healthy
More like the Mets fucked him for years when they wasted dominant starts of his without even scratching a run or two.
I wish him godspeed. I hope he wins every AL CY Young award from here until that contract runs out.
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Free agency is moving fast now. Justin Verlander front and center for Mets
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Steve Cohen on DeGrom: “I wish him well. He has the right to choose his team. Now this team has to move on to the next thing. “
I won't mind watching Kate Upton in the stands for a few games.
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Sign Nimmo and one of Rondon/JV/Senga.
There is zero chance he finishes that contract healthy
More like the Mets fucked him for years when they wasted dominant starts of his without even scratching a run or two.
I wish him godspeed. I hope he wins every AL CY Young award from here until that contract runs out.
Meanwhile, they paid him good money while he rehabbed.
I hope he falls flat on his face. Assuming, of course he stays healthy enough to actually throw 30 starts.
The Mets make the smart move and don't cave for the longer deal which they know more then anyone how healthy he will be.
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Sign Nimmo and one of Rondon/JV/Senga.
There is zero chance he finishes that contract healthy
More like the Mets fucked him for years when they wasted dominant starts of his without even scratching a run or two.
I wish him godspeed. I hope he wins every AL CY Young award from here until that contract runs out.
the under market years he's pissed about were when the wilpons hired his former agent to extend him and larp as a GM with Robinson Cano sucking up the little $ that could have gone to non-geriatric non-cheating hitters.
the last 2 years under cohen if anything JDG has been overpaid considering he only pitched 150 innings.
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I would not call Verlander a plan B for Mets, btw. Team has been very impressed with and enamored of him through free agent process.
The Mets have already talked with Justin Verlander, Carlos Rodón, and Kodai Senga so I would expect them to move quickly to ensure they get one of the top options available.
picking up the QO picks from JDG and getting Verlander seems about as soft of a landing as you can hope for.
The Rangers aren’t bouncing the Astros.
when there are enough articles over the last year saying it and then he leaves without seriously negotiating we've seen both smoke and fire.
will strike fast*
I know that the various comments I'm reading from you all re the wisdom and financial prudence of letting him go is correct, and yet I feel really sad. He was one of ours, he was picked by The Mets in 2010, and came up in The Mets minor league system. I feel the same way I felt when I heard that Tom Seaver had been traded to Cinn.
He was a class act, I wish him the absolute best as he goes forward.
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Sign Nimmo and one of Rondon/JV/Senga.
There is zero chance he finishes that contract healthy
More like the Mets fucked him for years when they wasted dominant starts of his without even scratching a run or two.
I wish him godspeed. I hope he wins every AL CY Young award from here until that contract runs out.
Meanwhile, they paid him good money while he rehabbed.
I hope he falls flat on his face. Assuming, of course he stays healthy enough to actually throw 30 starts.
Why am I not surprised.
Dude, that's a terrible take. You can't say he didn't give his all, never complained, was a great teammate, and gave us some very special memories and Mets' moments.
The run of poor offensive output during his starts, at any time he could've complained or threw teammates under the bus, but he remained a consummate professional. Anybody that would now root for his failure is an ungrateful fan, IMO.
But because of the past two seasons (especially this past year) I'm not even a little sad.
I do think the Mets are a worse team right now than when the season ended but it ended on a bad note.
The right ownership is in place now, take a little (not a lot) of time to regroup and move forward deliberately.
the worst thing the Mets could do now is overpay for their second choice. that's a Wilpon thing. It's how you wind up with Jason Bay when you're outbid on Matt Holliday.
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and re-sign Bassit.
will strike fast*
please god no, i cant handle another year of the human rain delay
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Sign Nimmo and one of Rondon/JV/Senga.
There is zero chance he finishes that contract healthy
More like the Mets fucked him for years when they wasted dominant starts of his without even scratching a run or two.
I wish him godspeed. I hope he wins every AL CY Young award from here until that contract runs out.
Meanwhile, they paid him good money while he rehabbed.
I hope he falls flat on his face. Assuming, of course he stays healthy enough to actually throw 30 starts.
this is so shitty. come on man.
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He can decide where he wants to end his career.
when there are enough articles over the last year saying it and then he leaves without seriously negotiating we've seen both smoke and fire.
I mean we said the same thing about Syndergaard. When he finally spoke on the issue, he said that wasn't the case.
I really feel like we attach more drama to this than there needs to be.
Especially for a franchise icon who gave his best seasons to the Mets and had so many great performances wasted by shit management, hard to me to find ways to be upset with him. Legend.
But because of the past two seasons (especially this past year) I'm not even a little sad.
I do think the Mets are a worse team right now than when the season ended but it ended on a bad note.
The right ownership is in place now, take a little (not a lot) of time to regroup and move forward deliberately.
the worst thing the Mets could do now is overpay for their second choice. that's a Wilpon thing. It's how you wind up with Jason Bay when you're outbid on Matt Holliday.
exactly how I feel, I had genuine chills that day when he returned to the mound and they blasted simple man but fast forward to setting the table to win the div and be in the playoffs
Only after 12 starts he already looked somewhat worn down.
I truly hope the best for the guy though.