The Mets changed course Sunday and placed staff ace Jacob deGrom on the disabled list with a hyperextended right elbow.

DeGrom has been scratched from Monday's start against the Reds and is scheduled to come off the DL and rejoin the rotation next Sunday against the Phillies.

Manager Mickey Callaway said the team decided to shut down deGrom as a precautionary measure. On Saturday, the Mets had said deGrom would take his regularly-scheduled turn in the rotation.