PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- The Mets announced their opening-series rotation on Wednesday, revealing that Jacob deGrom and Matt Harvey will follow Noah Syndergaard against the Braves at Citi Field.
After Syndergaard opens the Mets' season on Monday opposite Braves right-hander Julio Teheran, deGrom will face former teammate Bartolo Colon two days later. Harvey will then wrap up the three-game series opposite left-hander Jaime Garcia on Thursday.
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- It was 8:34 on a Sunday morning, Florida's coastal air still refrigerated, when Yoenis Cespedes followed a narrow corridor out of the Mets' clubhouse for a cage session.