Grass is green, water is wet and if the New York Mets are going to be a force in 2018, they will need their rotation to be the team’s backbone. It’s beyond evident that the Mets will live and die with the health and production of their pitching staff. However, moving to a six-man rotation could better their odds of maintaining success.
Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Zack Wheeler and Steven Matz have never started in consecutive fashion. The five who were supposed to dominate the National League for years to come have been accustomed to multiple trips to the disabled list, long weeks of rehab and underperformance.