For the first time since signing with the Texas Rangers ahead of the 2023 season, Jacob deGrom will make his long-awaited return to Queens to face his former team, the New York Mets, at Citi Field on Friday night.

“I’m excited to go and pitch at Citi Field,” deGrom said (h/t Kennedy Landry, MLB.com), “That’s where I started my career, so it holds a special place in my heart — their alumni game is going on there too so some guys I came up with will be there as well, it’ll be an all-around cool experience.”

deGrom spent the first nine years of his MLB career in New York with the Mets, where he developed into arguably their third-greatest pitcher behind Tom Seaver and Dwight Gooden.

The now-37-year-old won back-to-back NL Cy Young Awards in 2017 and 2018, in which he posted a 2.05 ERA and

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