NY Post · Jul 2, 2018
Behind Mets’ enormous deGrom decision, which is now urgent
Jacob deGromThe Mets should not trade Jacob deGrom because of this, but this needs to be understood near the beginning of one of the most important months in their history:
“He will be a depreciating asset after July 31 because he can’t pitch any better and his service time [until free agency] goes down. Plus, there is no one like him in the market. No one even close. They can get a boatload for him.”
Those words were offered by a top executive of a contender (not from the Yankees). Do the Mets fully appreciate that reality with the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline four weeks away? Are they internally asking the right questions, such as: