PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. _ The clock is ticking for Jacob deGrom and the Mets to agree to a contract extension, their self-imposed deadline of Opening Day just five weeks away, but certain visitors to Mets camp this week make the situation ripe for progress.
DeGrom's agents, Jeff Berry and Matt Ricatto of CAA, are in Port St. Lucie, Fla. visiting their many Mets clients, an expected check-in that general manager Brodie Van Wagenen alluded to last week while discussing deGrom's contract status.
Mets decision-makers and deGrom's representatives will indeed get together while the latter is in town, a source said Thursday.
