PORT ST. LUCIE — Good for Jacob deGrom.
Good for the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner, throwing a little kerosene into the fire created by the Mets’ dawdling.
I don’t believe for a second that deGrom would take himself out of a game in an effort to preserve himself for a free agency he doesn’t even want. Yet the only harm in threatening to take any preventative measures whatsoever, as deGrom did Thursday afternoon at First Data Field — or, to be more precise, he refused to rule out such actions — comes in alienating the segment of the Mets’ fan base that still contends ball players make too much darn money.