MLB free agency is here, and there’s a real chance Jacob deGrom won’t be pitching for the Mets in 2023. New York will do what it can to retain the right-handed pitcher, but if another team comes in and blows the ace away with an offer, who knows what’ll happen.
At this stage, the two teams most linked to the deGrom that isn’t the Mets include the Texas Rangers and Atlanta Braves. Of those two, it certainly seems like the Rangers are the more motivated.
The Braves would surely be a tantalizing thought for deGrom because they’re a good team with a terrific young core.