If you throw healthy, you will be the best ace on the planet. However, the problem is that there are many days when I cannot throw in a healthy way. Texas, which made a huge bet on Jacob deGrom (35) this year, had to realize this proposition once again on the 18th (Korean time). 먹튀검증
DeGrom started the game against Kansas City held at Kausman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri on the 18th and seemed to show off his true value by fighting back until the 4th inning. He did not allow a single hit through the fourth inning, and he only recorded one walk. Conversely, there were 5 strikeouts.
In the match against Philadelphia on March 31, which was the season opener, it was only a matter of hunting with 5 runs in 3⅔ innings, but everything pitched in the game after that was fine. He raised his pace with 2 runs in 6 innings against Baltimore on the 6th and 2 runs in 7 innings against Kansas City on the 12th. On this day, the trend continued, and the average ERA of the season, which started at 12.27, was lowered to 3.48. But the problem was then.
DeGrom complained of pain in his right wrist after pitching in the 4th inning, and the startled Texas bench took Dane Dunning to the mound from the 5th inning to protect deGrom. “I could have kept throwing,” deGrom said in an interview with local media after the game. “I’m not too worried about my right wrist,” he said.
It’s not a big problem in the player’s personal feeling, so it can be said that he took a sigh at least. Texas also won 4-0 with second pitcher Dunning’s scoreless return in 4⅓ innings. However, Texas decided to undergo a detailed examination again on the 19th. This is because deGrom accounts for a large portion of the team’s strength, and since he is a player with many injuries, he needs to be checked.
DeGrom threw a ball at 100 mph (about 161 km) twice that day, and the average velocity of his fastball was still good at 98.8 mph (about 159 km). He was also no different from his season average. He couldn’t feel any obvious signs of injury in terms of velocity or rotational speed. However, he is a player with a lot of injuries. Even a small steel plate issue makes everyone nervous.
Texas signed a five-year, $185 million (approximately 243.8 billion won) contract with deGrom ahead of this season. Considering the two- or three-year contracts that other teams have pushed up their annual averages because of deGrom’s injury history, Texas bet five years, which is a pretty long bet.
It is a calculation that even if it is not 200 innings per year, even if you throw more than 150 innings per year in good health, you can recover the investment amount. The question is whether 150 innings is possible. Until the day deGrom is able to digest full-time healthily, such a skeptical gaze is not expected to disappear easily.