Rangers RHP Jacob deGrom ‘feels great’ after bullpen session

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Apr 17, 2023; Kansas City, MO, USA; Texas Rangers starting pitcher Jacob deGrom (48) throws a warm-up pitch against the Kansas City Royals at Kaufman Stadium.

Apr 17, 2023; Kansas City, MO, USA; Texas Rangers starting pitcher Jacob deGrom (48) throws a warm-up pitch against the Kansas City Royals at Kaufman Stadium.
image: Danny Medley – USA TODAY Sports

texas rangers Right-hander Jacob deGrom continued his recovery from elbow inflammation and successfully completed a 32-pitch bullpen workout on Monday

before throwing Rangers Starting a three-game series against the host Pittsburgh Pirates, the two-time National League Cy Young Award winner threw all his fastballs

“It’s been really, really good,” Texas manager Bruce Boch said. “He said he felt fine, nothing at all.”

DeGrom, 34, will add steals on his next bullpen pitch, likely Friday, at Rangers playing the orioles in baltimore

Bochy said there is no timetable for deGrom’s return and that the righty could rejoin the active roster without a minor league rehab.

DeGrom has been on the 15-day injured list since April 29, the day after his second early exit in three games.

In six starts this season, deGrom is 2-0 with a 2.67 ERA and has 45 strikeouts and four walks in 30 1/3 innings.

DeGro, who signed a five-year, $185 million deal with the Texas this past offseason, has made just 38 starts over the past three seasons with the New York Mets. , pitched 224 1/3 innings. He won the Cy Young Award in 2018 and 2019, playing 217 and 204 innings in those seasons, respectively.

DeGrom went 82-57 with a 2.52 ERA in 209 starts in parts of nine seasons with the Mets.

–Field-level media

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