If Jacob deGrom leaves the Mets, Steve Cohen might have the perfect response.
As long as deGrom can stay healthy upon his upcoming return to the Amazins’ rotation, he is expected to opt out of his contract this winter. There has been buzz the Braves are a potential landing spot for the Florida native.
If so, Cohen might be able to target a future Hall of Famer as his replacement. The Post’s Jon Heyman took an early look at the Mets’ offseason landscape, and it included this nugget:
[J]ustin Verlander will earn a $25 million player option if he reaches 130 innings, almost a foregone conclusion, and one market expert predicts he, too, will opt out (from the Astros).