ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) 鈥� Two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom said he felt something in his right knee before Monday night鈥檚 start, which limited him to five innings and 78 pitches in the Texas over the Seattle Mariners.
The Rangers said deGrom had mild right knee discomfort, and manager Skip Schumaker said the staff didn鈥檛 want to push the 37-year-old too hard. DeGrom allowed only one hit 鈥� a first-inning home run to on a 12-pitch at-bat 鈥� walked one and struck out six.
鈥淚 feel OK,鈥� deGrom said, 鈥淚t鈥檚 a little tender, but I think we鈥檒l be OK.
鈥淚 gave up the homer to Cal, and I was like: 鈥業鈥檇 better lock this in. This might be a pretty close game.鈥欌��
DeGrom went 4 2/3 innings while throwing 78 pitches last Tuesday at Baltimore in in his only previous outing this season. He was scheduled to make his first start March 28 at Philadelphia but was .
DeGrom made his 250th career start, ranking 18th among active pitchers. He was voted the AL Comeback Player of the Year last season, going 12-8 with a 2.97 ERA, after returning late in the 2024 season from a second major reconstruction surgery on his pitching elbow.
鈥淥bviously any day you鈥檙e able to put this uniform on you鈥檝e got to be thankful for that,鈥� he said.
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