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Today's Linkster #45 · MLB

Matt Chapman to Jacob deGrom

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, everyone playing the MLB Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Matt Chapman to Jacob deGrom in as few links as possible. Par was 2, counted through teams, but any shared college or team counted as a move.

The two players

  • Matt Chapman (3B, 2017–2025) Teams: Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants and Toronto Blue Jays.
  • Jacob deGrom (SP, 2016–2025) Teams: New York Mets and Texas Rangers.

Seasons 2016–2025. Teams only count from seasons in that range.

How it went

10 players solved it on the day (1 more gave up). 7 matched par. The winning run was lush's: 2 moves in 0:11.0.

The answer

Show a shortest route

Through teams alone it takes 2, which is par:

  1. Matt Chapman
  2. Oakland Athletics · Toronto Blue Jays Marcus Semien
  3. Texas Rangers Jacob deGrom

No other kind of link made it any shorter.