The Mets' Jeff McNeil was ejected against the Rangers in the fourth inning after a called third strike from Jacob deGrom.

For the first time since he signed with the Rangers as a free agent after the 2022 season, Jacob deGrom is set to face the team he left behind. Texas has listed the 37-year-old deGrom as the probable

NEW YORK — Texas Rangers ace Jacob deGrom didn’t dominate, but he didn’t have to. In Friday’s 8-3 win against his former team, deGrom’s first start against the Mets, their former ace served as a glaring contrast to a rotation that’s gone from the team’s biggest strength to its most glaring weakness.

In the midst of a six-game losing streak and beginning a seventh game with a six-run deficit, the Mets’ frustrations were showing.