Jacob deGrom has been out since early July. The New York Mets are finally admitting he was more hurt than previously believed.
Mets president Sandy Alderson told reporters on Tuesday that his team's ace sustained a sprain, identified as a mild tear, of the UCL in his pitching arm. Alderson claimed the sprain has since healed and deGrom's elbow ligament is "perfectly intact."
Alderson's comment:
"So a sprain is the lowest-grade partial tear, if you will. So at this point, the sprain has resolved itself.