{"id":1763372,"date":"2022-12-05T06:30:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T11:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1763372"},"modified":"2022-12-05T11:33:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T16:33:20","slug":"texas-rangers-snag-mets-jacob-degrom-185-million-for-5-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-rangers-snag-mets-jacob-degrom-185-million-for-5-year-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Rangers Snag Mets\u2019 Jacob Degrom $185 Million for 5 Year Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-rangers-snag-mets-jacob-degrom-185-million-for-5-year-deal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1763372&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HYOQ3Q244ND6PMSI6NZLIW3LDA.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">ARLINGTON, Texas (WVUE) &#8211; The Texas Rangers made the first big splash of Major League Baseball\u2019s winter free agent season, signing right-handed starting pitcher Jacob deGrom to a five-year contract worth $185 million on Friday (Dec. 2).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Rangers\u2019 enormous outlay for deGrom, 34, surprised many. The New York Mets reportedly offered the two-time Cy Young award winner a $40 million annual salary to stay in their rotation, but only for the next three seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe are thrilled that Jacob deGrom has decided to become a Texas Ranger,\u201d the team\u2019s executive vice president and general manager Chris Young said in a statement. \u201cOver a number of seasons, Jacob has been a standout major-league pitcher, and he gives us a dominant performer at the top of our rotation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Few question deGrom\u2019s ability. He has struck out 30.8 percent of the batters faced in his career, the highest lifetime strikeout percentage by any pitcher in major-league history who has pitched at least 1,000 innings. His average of 10.91 strikeouts per nine innings trails only Chris Sale (11.07) among those who have pitched at least 1,300 innings in their career.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-raw-html w-100\">\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Texas Rangers tonight announced that the club has agreed to terms with free agent RHP Jacob deGrom on a five-year contract covering the 2023-27 seasons. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nyWsmlD3ew\">pic.twitter.com\/nyWsmlD3ew<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Texas Rangers PR (@TXRangersPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TXRangersPR\/status\/1598845071721627649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">But deGrom\u2019s durability makes the Rangers\u2019 contract risky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Entering his mid-30s, deGrom only made 11 starts for the Mets last season, going 5-4 with a 3.08 ERA. He missed the first four months of the season with a stress fracture in his right scapula, but after finally making his first start on Aug. 2, he led the majors with 102 strikeouts through the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In his nine-year career with the Mets, deGrom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/degroja01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">only completed four of his 209 starts<\/a>. After making 32 starts in both 2018 and 2019, injuries limited deGrom to a total of 38 starts over the past three seasons (2020-22).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The top two free agents on the market this winter were considered to be deGrom and Aaron Judge, the All-Star outfielder who slugged an American League-record 62 home runs last season for the New York Yankees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Mets might now join the pursuit of Judge, whose main suitors thus far have been the Yankees and San Francisco Giants. The Yankees are believed to have offered Judge an eight-year deal worth around $300 million to stay in the Bronx.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><i>See a spelling or grammar error in our story? <\/i><a href=\"mailto:WVUE-digitalcontent@gray.tv\"><i>Click Here<\/i><\/a><i> to report it. Please include the headline.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\"><i>Copyright 2022 WVUE. 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