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Max Scherzer is done rehabbing and Jacob deGrom may be about to begin. 

The Post’s Mike Puma reported Thursday the Mets are considering having deGrom pitch Sunday night in a rehab start with Single-A Port St. Lucie. The Mets’ co-ace made his most recent major league start last July 7. 

DeGrom, who was shut down on April 1 with a stress reaction in his right scapula, faced hitters on Wednesday and threw 27 pitches, four days after he threw 20 pitches. Mets manager Buck Showalter said the team wanted to see how deGrom felt Thursday before solidifying his next step. It seems that the two-time Cy Young award winner is feeling good if a rehab start has been put on the table. 

“You can tell he’s upbeat about where he is,” Showalter said Wednesday. “The body language more than anything. … I wish I’d seen him more up close and personal but he’s where you’d expect from a guy who’s getting closer. He’s enamored with what’s going on right now.” 


  Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom could make a rehab start on Sunday. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom could make a rehab start on Sunday. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post

If all goes well in deGrom’s rehab process, he could be back some time later in July. The Mets, who will enter their game Friday against the Rangers on their first three-game losing streak of the season, expect to get Scherzer back next week.

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