4 years agoThe New York Mets reportedly engaged in preliminary discussions on a contract extension with starting pitcher Jacob deGrom earlier this spring. deGrom has an opt-out in his current contract after the 2022 season. The Mets are attempting to lock up deGrom for multiple years in an effort to avoid his exercising such opt-out rights after the 2022 season. Notably, however, it was also reported that extension talks did not progress and are not expected to resume this season. Despite lack of progress on this front, it does reveal that the Mets want to keep their star ace (and future Hall of Famer) in blue and orange for the remainder of his career. The two-time Cy Young winner is showing no decline in his game and is a matchup-proof ace who should be active on all fantasy rosters once the Mets' season finally gets underway.--Nick Ritrivi - RotoBaller
Source: SNY.tv