DeGrom to the IL

Jacob deGrom will be placed on the injured list by the New York Mets with tightness in his right side, a move that will keep the ace from taking the mound until May 20 at the earliest. The Mets said an MRI on Sunday night was “clean of any issues.” The team said it will place deGrom on the injured list before today’s series opener against Baltimore, a move that will be retroactive to Monday. DeGrom is 3-2 with a major league-best 0.68 ERA.

Jacob deGrom will be placed on the injured list by the New York Mets with tightness in his right side, a move that will keep the ace from taking the mound until May 20 at the earliest. The Mets said an MRI on Sunday night was “clean of any issues.” The team said it will place deGrom on the injured list before today’s series opener against Baltimore, a move that will be retroactive to Monday. A 32-year-old righthander, deGrom is 3-2 with a major league-best 0.68 ERA and 65 strikeouts, two behind Trevor Bauer of the Los Angeles Dodgers for the NL lead. DeGrom has 7 walks in 40 innings over 6 starts. He pulled himself from Sunday’s outing against Arizona, his first appearance after skipping a start due to discomfort in his right latissimus dorsi, a back muscle that connects the upper arm to the spine and the hip. The twotime NL Cy Young Award winner threw 68 pitches over five innings against Arizona, allowing one run, but he called for trainer Brian Chicklo. He left with Chicklo and went straight to the clubhouse.