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Mets ace Jacob deGrom on track to start Wednesday vs. Cubs

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Jun 15, 2021 6:07 PM ET

New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom may be competing for more than just his third career National League Cy Young Award this season but sparked fear in the hearts of fans when he departed Friday's outing against the San Diego Padres with right flexor tendinitis.

However, manager Luis Rojas told reporters ahead of Tuesday's home game against the Chicago Cubs that deGrom should be able to take the bump Wednesday night against those same Cubs:

Jacob deGrom is on track to make his start tomorrow night against the Cubs: pic.twitter.com/ttIiPBTT4D
— SNY (@SNYtv) June 15, 2021

Rojas was sure to add the 32-year-old remains "day to day," which suggests the Mets will evaluate him one last time early Wednesday and see if he reports any pain or unexpected discomfort. Over the weekend, Rojas confirmed an MRI on deGrom's arm showed nothing alarming or concerning:

Luis Rojas provides an update on deGrom:

"We did an MRI this morning just out of precaution and it came back as we expected, clean. We're just taking it day by day" pic.twitter.com/F2Jf9WQi3Y
— SNY (@SNYtv) June 12, 2021

Per ESPN stats, deGrom leads all of MLB with a 0.56 ERA and 0.53 WHIP. He began the midweek as the betting favorite to win the NL Most Valuable Player Award.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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