PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Mets pitcher Steven Matz has been scratched from his Monday start in a minor league game because of tenderness in his left elbow.
"There's a little irritation, and he's got to work that out," Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said on Sunday. "We don't think it's anything significant, but it bothers him on extension. He won't pitch tomorrow, and we'll see where that takes him over the next four or five days."
Matz was scheduled to pitch on the back fields at the team's complex to start the final week of spring training.