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With a frenzied offseason and an abridged spring training rolled into one following the three-month MLB lockout, the significant news has been flooding out of both coasts of Florida for the New York baseball clubs and the rest of the league.

While the Yankees took on Josh Donaldson’s contract and shored up a couple of defensive holes in a blockbuster trade Sunday night, the game of high-stakes chess playing out at Mets camp in Port St. Lucie perhaps is even more intriguing.

Jacob deGrom clearly is betting on himself and his ability to stay healthy with an eye on his next big payday with the Mets or, dare we say it, elsewhere.