Jacob deGrom won’t be leaving his roots for new representation.
The National League Cy Young Award winner has elected to remain with CAA, an industry source said Thursday, a day after deGrom suggested he was still figuring out who his new agent would be following Brodie Van Wagenen’s departure to become Mets general manager.
The Post reported last month that Jeff Berry and Matt Ricatto from CAA would become deGrom’s new representatives, but that didn’t become official until this week, when the paperwork was completed. CAA’s other clients with the Mets include Noah Syndergaard, Yoenis Cespedes, Todd Frazier, Brandon Nimmo, Robert Gsellman and Jason Vargas.
DeGrom is under club control for the next two seasons, but the team could look to extend his contract this offseason, a proposition to which the ace right-hander remains open.
“It is pretty much open communication, and we’ll continue to keep it that way,” deGrom said earlier this week.
Van Wagenen has a provision in his contract, according to the team, recusing him from direct negotiations with his former clients. But after working with Berry and Ricatto at CAA, it’s likely Van Wagenen already has an understanding of a ballpark figure it would take for deGrom to sign an extension.
If an extension isn’t signed, the sides must reach an agreement for next season to avoid arbitration. DeGrom, who went 10-9 with a major-league-best 1.70 ERA, will receive a substantial raise from the $7.4 million he received last season.
The Mets signed left-handed reliever Ryan O’Rourke to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. The 30-year-old O’Rourke missed most of the last two seasons recovering from Tommy John surgery. He spent 2015-16 with the Twins and posted a 4.98 ERA over that stretch in 54 appearances.



