Jacob deGrom could return to the mound for the Texas Rangers as soon as this Saturday.
The right-hander will make his fourth rehab start Saturday in his comeback from elbow surgery, but said pitching for the Rangers is an option.
\"I think it\'s just seeing where we\'re at with what we have here pitching, kind of how this week goes,\" deGrom said. \"I think if I did throw here it wouldn\'t be more than three (innings). So depending on where the bullpen\'s at, and then what we think ... whether they want me to go four innings, that would be there in [Double-A] Frisco, or three possibly here.\"
Bruce Bochy later acknowledged that deGrom making his big league season debut was an option and had been discussed with the 36-year-old.
But Bochy said the plan \"is still for him to start down there.\"
That would be for Double-A Frisco, which Saturday night plays at home, about 35 miles from the Rangers ballpark.
Via Associated Press
