4 best free agent Jacob deGrom replacements if he leaves this offseason

4) NY Mets can replace Jacob deGrom with Jameson Taillon

Aaron Judge probably won’t sign with the Mets. What about Jameson Taillon? A Yankees teammate of Judge, he’s a free agent after this season. Could he end up trading in his pinstripes for blue and orange?

Taillon has been a winner for the Yankees this year. And while certainly not in the same stratosphere as deGrom, he could be a guy the Mets view favorably. There is no worrying about him not being a “New York” guy. The transition would be easy. He just needs to figure out the subway system.

Yet another one of those highly-hyped pitchers whose results haven’t been quite there in part due to injuries, he’s also one of the ex-Pirates who have performed much better since leaving Pittsburgh. That list only seems to grow each year. At least they have a beautiful ballpark.

Taillon is a bit of an outlier with the pitcher on this list as he celebrates his birthday in mid-November. He’ll turn 31 then which makes him a candidate for something closer to a three or four-year deal.

Like everyone else on this list, replacing deGrom might be a futile effort. But what if the Mets load up with two of them? That would be the Steve Cohen move to make.