Everything’s bigger in Texas: Baseball world captivated by deGrom’s big deal

After a gradual burn to begin the MLB offseason, the new range turned all means up on Friday as Jacob deGrom signed a five-year, $185-million cope with the Texas Rangers.

The two-time Cy Young winner turns into the second-highest-paid pitcher on a year-to-year foundation (37.5M) in MLB historical past, trailing simply former New York Mets teammate Max Scherzer ($43.3M).

As quickly as ESPN’s Jeff Passan dropped the news, social media caught hearth with the primary main announcement of the low season.

Here are among the high early reactions.

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