Morning Briefing: Jacob deGrom Strong in 2025 Rangers Debut

Good morning, Mets fans!

The Amazins’ had a rare Sunday off-day following their series against the Astros to kick off the season, and that lack of action had us all feeling like this:

A Sunday with no Mets game pic.twitter.com/2BZ8hUnQHO

— Metsmerized Online (@Metsmerized) March 30, 2025

However, one noteable former Met was in action, and was dealing at that. Jacob deGrom made his 2025 season debut for the Rangers in a home tilt against the Red Sox, and did so with authority.

DeGrom tossed five scoreless innings with six strikeouts. He only allowed two hits and two walks. All of his strikeouts came via the swing and miss, with two off changeups and the remaining four from his famous slider.

Filthy deGrom Day debut! #AllForTX pic.twitter.com/u8jJsxUwLD

— Texas Rangers (@Rangers) March 30, 2025

This was deGrom’s first appearance of five innings or more since April 23, 2023. In that affair he tossed six innings with 11 strikeouts and two earned runs against the Athletics.

DeGrom has struggled with injuries since signing a five-year, $185 million dollar contract with the Rangers entering the 2023 season. This was the two-time Cy Young award winner’s 10th start in a Rangers uniform.

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The Mets travel to Miami to face off against the Marlins for their second series of this young season. The Marlins are 3-1 and currently sitting in first place in the NL East, with three theatrical walk-off victories in their opening series against the Pirates.

First pitch of the series opener on Monday will be at 6:40 p.m. David Peterson will start for the Mets, while Cal Quantrill will get the nod for the Marlins. This will be both pitchers regular season debuts, and Quantrill’s first outing as a Marlin.

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Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reported that Max Scherzer has been placed on the Blue Jays’ 15-day IL with right thumb inflamation. Easton Lucas has been called up in a corresponding move.

On Sunday, Robert Murray of FanSided reported that the Twins were planning on designating pitcher Randy Dobnak for assignment. The 30-year-old pitched 5 1/3 innings of relief against the Cardinals the same day, only surrendering one run.

Brian Snitker is non-committal about managing beyond the 2025 season, according to Mark Polishuk of MLB Trade Rumors. Snitker is in his 10th season as the Braves’ manager, and will turn 70 years old this October. Last season, Snitker told Bob Nightengale of USA Today that he believed 2025 could be his final season.

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3 up, 3 down; check out Andrew Steele-Davis discussing the first series of 2025.

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