The Mets Police

Your mom probably doesn’t want one.

Gee, I wonder who tipped the umps off. Let’s get up a posse.

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— SportsGrid (@SportsGrid) April 19, 2023

Jacob deGrom was living his best life in Texas where he had no-hit stuff

Jacob deGrom is out of tonight’s game after throwing 58 pitches and 4 no-hit innings pic.twitter.com/IQtZX5zgwT

— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) April 18, 2023

Here he is throwing 100mph….hmmmm…..

Jacob deGrom 💯⛽️ pic.twitter.com/9OJ7wmNZCV

— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) April 18, 2023

And then…

Rangers RHP Jacob deGrom was removed from tonight’s start in Kansas City as a precaution with right wrist soreness. He will continue to be evaluated.

— Texas Rangers PR (@TXRangersPR) April 18, 2023

DeGrom will be re-evaluated tomorrow. He said the wrist soreness popped early and wasn’t much, but got a bit more sore as outing wore on and he didn’t want to change mechanics and create a bigger issue for himself. As always will update with more. Column should be online soon

— Evan Grant (@Evan_P_Grant) April 18, 2023

 

DeGrom said he felt something minor on the side of his wrist as he warmed up but figured it would subside as he got loose…..

As the game progressed, though, he said he felt a slight increase in soreness and grew more concerned about the possibility of adjusting his mechanics to account for the soreness. …..

….As he walked off the mound (after the 4th), he told catcher Jonah Heim he might not go back out for the fifth, then discussed the issue with Mike Maddux between innings.

“I’m honestly not too concerned,” deGrom said. “I’d like to think I could make my next start. But we’ll see how it is tomorrow when I come in. That spot doesn’t seem too concerning.

“Could I have kept going? Probably. But it was lingering, and it got a little bit worse as the game was going on. And I was like: ‘Hey, I just want to play this safe’.” (via Dallas News)

Steve….when the owners vote on the Athletics relocation to Las Vegas, remember to vote NO.

Oakland Security removing Ghost Fork signs for Mets’ Senga. Very petty. @UniWatch pic.twitter.com/8g5M1vvv1z

— Batbeat (@Batbeat2) April 15, 2023

Pete Alonso has 8 home runs through 16 games!   Lazy math – he’s on pace for 80!

Aside from the 8 home runs, let’s take a look at this….

That’s weird.

So here’s my theory.   Even baseball realized how broken baseball was – which is why the put in the pace of play rules.  (Did you see the Red Sox game was UNDER two hours! Yes!!!!!)

The last time baseball was broken they looked the other way on all sorts of things so that people could hit home runs – and that drove the turn of the century style baseball when baseball was popular (well, that and a marketable Yankees team.)

So….maybe perhaps possibly some of those suspect baseballs have been released into the wild again.

Now is it GOOD if Pete Alonso hits 80 Home Runs (I think he will break the record but not get to 80 – say 78 HRs) – I say YES.

Pete, if he can stop being vulgar and spell LGM with three letters, has the potential to be very marketable.  Pete, need my advice and put the F away and make some bank.

It would be good for baseball if this happened in NYC – and there’s a fake rivalry to be created with Aaron Judge. All this is good for marketing.

So start printing your Polar Bear Home Run Chase t-shirts now because it’s going to be quite the summer!