LEADING OFF: It’s deGrom for Mets, Tigers try to end skid

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2015, file photo, New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom laughs while sitting in the dugout during the second inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati. DeGrom returned to the New York Mets on Saturday, April 23, 2016, and says all is well with his infant son Jaxon following a scare deGrom revealed was a breathing problem.(AP Photo/Aaron Doster, File) FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2015, file photo, New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom laughs while sitting in the dugout during the second inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati. DeGrom returned to the New York Mets on Saturday, April 23, 2016, and says all is well with his infant son Jaxon following a scare deGrom revealed was a breathing problem.(AP Photo/Aaron Doster, File)

By Associated Press April 24, 2016 2 min read

A look at what’s happening all around the majors today:

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DEGROM RETURNS

Mets right-hander Jacob deGrom starts at Atlanta, back after missing one turn because of a sore right lat muscle and another due to health complications following the birth of his son, Jaxon.

DeGrom said his son had a form of apnea that caused him to stop breathing after falling asleep. Jaxon is doing well now, deGrom said. “It was definitely scary,” deGrom said. “He had to be checked into the NICU and they had to monitor him in there but when all the tests came back and nothing was seriously wrong we were pretty relieved. But at first it was a scary time.”