Jacob deGrom surprised many when he chose not to stay with the New York Mets to instead sign with the Texas Rangers this offseason, and he also didn't expect the move himself.
"It was never like, 'I'm outta here,'" deGrom told Jon Heyman of the New York Post after a bullpen session on Sunday. "You look at places you can see yourself playing. All I had known was New York, and part of me thought I'd be back."
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