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deGrom in line for spring after having surgery
- Updated: September 21, 2016
NEW YORK — Jacob deGrom’s season has officially come to an end, as he underwent surgery to repair nerve damage in his right elbow at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York on Wednesday. The Mets expect deGrom to be ready for the start of Spring Training.
As recently as late last week, the Mets believed deGrom was healthy enough to pitch Sunday against the Twins. But when deGrom experienced pain shagging fly balls during batting practice, the team decided to shut him down. Doctors diagnosed deGrom with ulnar nerve damage, which general manager Sandy Alderson classified as “not unusual after Tommy John surgery.” (deGrom underwent that procedure in 2010.)
deGrom’s surgery consisted of moving the nerve to a location where scar tissue and inflammation would no longer irritate it. Though Tommy John operations require an average recovery time of more than a year, deGrom estimated his rehab from ulnar nerve surgery at …
