Months of shoulder rehab and recovery later, Frankie Montas makes his New York Mets debut on Tuesday.
New York signed the veteran righty to a one-year, $17 million option in the offseason, only for Montas to get injured early and not even appear in spring training. He now takes the mound after rehabbing his strained lat muscle into being game-ready.
Montas is being thrown right into the gauntlet too. The Mets face their NL East rival Atlanta Braves who, despite sitting third in the division and 10.5 games behind first-place Philadelphia, lead the season series 4-0.