{"id":19770,"date":"2022-07-20T03:18:01","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T03:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/mets-push-back-jacob-degroms-simulated-game-due-to-soreness\/"},"modified":"2022-07-20T03:18:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T03:18:01","slug":"mets-push-back-jacob-degroms-simulated-game-due-to-soreness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/mets-push-back-jacob-degroms-simulated-game-due-to-soreness\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets push back Jacob deGrom&#8217;s simulated game due to soreness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>LOS ANGELES \u2013 Just as Jacob deGrom was on the precipice of a return to the Mets, his comeback has hit at least a slight delay.<\/p>\n<p>The right-hander experienced \u201cmild muscle soreness around his shoulder,\u201d the Mets said on Tuesday, the same day that deGrom was originally scheduled to throw a simulated game that could have been the final step of his rehab assignment.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, that simulated game has been pushed back to Thursday \u201cout of an abundance of caution,\u201d according to the team.  In the meantime, deGrom played catch on Monday and Tuesday \u201cwithout issue,\u201d the team said.<\/p>\n<p>Coming back from a stress fracture on his right scapula that has sidelined him since spring training, deGrom had made three rehab starts on a regular schedule.  In his most recent start with Triple-A Syracuse last Thursday, deGrom threw four innings of one-run ball while building up his workload to 42 pitches.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Jacob deGrom had his simulated game pushed back.  <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">  Danny Tripod<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DeGrom&#8217;s next start was supposed to be Tuesday.  It was going to be a simulated game in Port St.  Lucie, Fla.  with all levels of the organization on the All-Star break \u2013 which would have potentially set him up to make his season debut Sunday against the Padres or next Tuesday against the Yankees if everything had gone according to plan.<\/p>\n<p>But the Mets, who have treated deGrom&#8217;s comeback with caution and patience, decided to err on the safe side again.<\/p>\n<p>Even without a single pitch from deGrom this season \u2013 and nearly seven weeks without co-ace Max Scherzer because of an oblique injury \u2013 the Mets entered the All-Star break atop the NL East at 58-35.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old deGrom, meanwhile, is expected to opt out of his contract after this season as long as he makes a handful of starts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2013 Just as Jacob deGrom was on the precipice of a return to the Mets, his comeback has hit at least a slight delay. The right-hander experienced \u201cmild muscle soreness around his shoulder,\u201d the Mets said on Tuesday, the same day that deGrom was originally scheduled to throw a simulated game that could &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/mets-push-back-jacob-degroms-simulated-game-due-to-soreness\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mets push back Jacob deGrom&#8217;s simulated game due to soreness<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[2646,661,1476,307],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19745,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jacob-degrom-has-sore-shoulder-simulated-game-delayed\/","url_meta":{"origin":19770,"position":0},"title":"Jacob deGrom has sore shoulder;  simulated game delayed","date":"July 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"NEW YORK -- As he neared what could have been a season debut as soon as this weekend, Jacob deGrom experienced an issue that's now threatening to push back his timeline. deGrom began feeling mild muscle soreness around his right shoulder on Sunday, according to a team spokesman. 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