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Mets right-handed pitcher Jacob deGrom, who has been out since April 1 due to a stress reaction in his right shoulder, will receive a follow-up MRI on April 25.
Depending on how that MRI looks, deGrom could be cleared for throwing at that point or soon after.
“I know everything is going real well,” manager Buck Showalter said on Tuesday. “They’re really happy where he is right now. I’m not saying he’s ahead or behind schedule … He’s doing well, he’s doing well … I know they’re talking a little bit about some mechanical things to try to keep him healthy down the road.”
DeGrom, who is in the midst of a roughly four-week shutdown to allow the injury time to heal, recently had a bone scan that confirmed the original diagnosis of a stress reaction/scapula injury.
On March 31, with spring training nearing a close, deGrom reported shoulder tightness. He was placed on the 10-day IL the next day, after the initial MRI revealed the injury.
When deGrom is cleared to throw, the expectation is that he will begin with light throwing before ramping up.
“Bone healing itself is a six-week process, so you wouldn’t want to see him going full speed before then,” Deepak Chona, MD, a Stanford-trained orthopedic sports surgeon and founder of SportsMedAnalytics, told SNY earlier this month when discussing deGrom’s injury. “If he did, he’d put himself at an unnecessarily high risk of re-injury.
According to Chona, who does not personally…