ARLINGTON, Texas — Two-time Cy Younger Award winner Jacob deGrom confronted stay hitters for the third time in current weeks on Saturday and stated he feels prepared to start a rehab task subsequent week in hopes of pitching for the Texas Rangers for the primary time since June 2023.
“My arm feels nice besides now it is simply been, what, what number of months? Fourteen?” stated deGrom, 36, who threw about 45 pitches in three innings. “You’ve got acquired your [teammates] in there. You go face different guys, and I feel that’ll assist a little bit bit.”
A rehab task starting subsequent week would probably be with Double-A Frisco.
“It seems to be like Jacob’s able to go. We’ll see how he comes out of this,” supervisor Bruce Bochy stated. “He’ll be beginning rehab right here quickly.”
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Fellow Rangers starter Jon Grey additionally confronted hitters for 3 innings on Saturday, and Bochy stated he is able to return to the beginning rotation.
Texas signed deGrom to a $185 million, five-year contract throughout the winter earlier than the 2023 season. In 2023, he was restricted to 30â…“ innings earlier than the tip of April after which had surgical procedure June 12. He was 2-0 with a 2.67 ERA with 45 strikeouts.
DeGrom stated on Saturday that he was annoyed along with his incapacity to maintain his pitches down, which he attributed to not getting full extension.
“That is the very last thing to return,” he stated.
He did not hazard a guess of what number of innings he’d prefer to log after returning however acknowledged merely moving into large league video games this season is necessary.
“Get on the market this 12 months, sort of deal with it like a traditional offseason, and prepare for subsequent 12 months,” he stated.
Bochy agreed.
“He is missed lots of time,” he stated. “He is an athlete. He is a pitcher. He needs to compete. I feel it means quite a bit to him as he goes into the offseason.”
Grey, 5-4 with a 3.73 ERA, most just lately pitched on July 23. He was scheduled to start out on July 28 however left the mound earlier than throwing a pitch due to a groin pressure.