Jacob deGrom injury update: Mets GM says pitcher's elbow is 'perfectly intact' despite UCL sprain

Jacob deGrom has been out since July while nursing an injury to his throwing elbow. It turns out that he was dealing with a sprain in the UCL.

UCL injuries are never a good thing, as they can lead to Tommy John surgery. However, Mets general manager Sandy Alderson doesn’t want fans to worry about deGrom’s injury. He spoke to reporters about it and explained that the issue had “resolved itself.”

“So a sprain is the lowest-grade partial tear, if you will. So at this point, the sprain has resolved itself,” Alderson said. “The elbow is, at this point, perfectly intact, based on the MRIs and our clinical evaluation through our doctors. That’s just a technical term the doctors have used. We don’t use it routinely, but it’s another term for a very mild ligament condition.”