Assistant GM John Ricco has served as the voice for a collective of Mets decision-makers who insist they are open-minded on all their players, including Jacob deGrom.
But executives from outside the organization do not see that openness yet, particularly when it comes to deGrom, with one official of a contender that needs rotation help saying: “They are not talking deGrom. They are not trading deGrom.”
Another official from a team hunting rotation help said, “My read on them is at the end of the day, they only move the free agents.” That would namely be Jeurys Familia and Asdrubal Cabrera.