JUPITER, Fla. — Jacob deGrom began spring training hopeful a long-term contract with the Mets could be hammered out and he hasn’t changed that perspective with less than two weeks remaining in camp.
“I think there is definitely potential, so we’ll just have to see where it goes,” deGrom said Tuesday.
This much is clear: If team officials and deGrom’s representatives don’t find common ground by March 28, when the Mets open their season in Washington, the negotiations will end until at least after this season; deGrom last month set Opening Day as the deadline for contract talks.