Mets ace Jacob deGrom somehow has avoided another trip to the injured list following his latest physical setback, at least for the time being.

The Mets were able to exhale Thursday after an MRI exam on deGrom’s sore shoulder came back showing “a normal shoulder that a pitcher would have,” manager Luis Rojas said.

The two-time Cy Young winner was removed after three innings Wednesday night against the Cubs with what the Mets termed right shoulder soreness. That came five days after he experienced right flexor tendinitis in his previous start, June 11 against the Padres.

The MRI exam was reviewed by the Mets’ team physician David Altchek and as a second opinion by Dodgers team physician Neal ElAttrache. Both concurred on the “encouraging” diagnosis, according to Rojas.

“It just shows as a normal shoulder that a pitcher would have and just no concern, nothing, like we believed [Wednesday] night after he was initially seen by our trainers here,” Rojas said before Thursday’s game against the Cubs. “Just from our medical experts and our doctors that we trust, that’s what we got.

“At this point today we aren’t thinking of an IL stint or to do anything. We’re just going to take a day-by-day approach.”

The 32-year-old deGrom played catch in the outfield before Thursday’s game. The right-hander “is going to do his in-between starts [throwing] routine,” Rojas said, and after that  a determination will be made whether he will take  his next scheduled turn, Monday against the Braves at Citi Field.

“The uncertainty when he gets the ball next is real. We don’t know when he’s going to make his next start,” Rojas said. “I can’t [commit to that] right now. … We want to make sure everything is fine.

“Our medical staff and our trainers are all over it, and Jake, as well. He’s in it. We trust everyone, including Jake on how he feels, and the results and the prognosis we had from both doctors. … I’m less concerned, and happy, that he’s throwing, playing catch, and doing his between-starts routine, but we’re still going to be cautious with Jake.”

Starting on his normal rest Wednesday, after he was pulled from his previous start following six one-hit innings with the right flexor tendinitis, deGrom had thrown three perfect innings with eight strikeouts in the first-place Mets’ 6-3 win over the Cubs. That lowered his MLB-best ERA to 0.54 through 11 starts.

The $137.5 million ace also missed two starts while on the injured list in May with tightness in his right side.

“This is getting old. I want to be out there as long as I can be out there, I felt really good tonight early on,” deGrom said after Wednesday’s game, adding he was unsure about a potential IL stint. “That’s a tough question, because I want to be out there every fifth day. But it’s frustrating coming out of games like this.”

DeGrom, who also is batting .423 this season, has more RBIs (six) than earned runs allowed (four). He has fronted an improved rotation that also features two others — Taijuan Walker (2.17) and Marcus Stroman (2.33 entering his start Thursday) — ranking in the top 10 in the National League in ERA.

Still, neither Noah Syndergaard (elbow) and Carlos Carrasco (hamstring), both fellow starters, has appeared in a game this season. Carrasco isn’t expected back sooner than late July, while team president Sandy Alderson recently projected Syndergaard’s targeted return from Tommy John surgery (performed in March 2020) around Sept. 1.

Rojas added that the Mets’ medical staff believes the multiple injuries deGrom has dealt with this season are “not connected,” although they still haven’t determined what exactly caused the shoulder soreness Wednesday, since his velocity never dipped or deviated during his outing.

“I’m glad that he came to us and said what he felt. We said, ‘OK, that’s it,’ and he was agreeing to it,” Rojas said. “He’s part of [the decision]. Every player is part of it. It doesn’t mean that he’s overruling the medical experts. That’s where the biggest weight is.

“He feels right now that this is something that he doesn’t need to go on the IL, and he wants to go day by day and is taking the same approach that we want to take. Today, we don’t feel like he’s an IL and he doesn’t feel like an IL stint.”