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Why the Mets are starting Max Scherzer in Game 1 and holding Jacob deGrom. Does the decision make sense?

For every headline writer and every fan, for most of the season, there have been two choices for describing the New York Mets’ pitching plan in a crucial moment: Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom, or Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer. Yet with the playoffs beginning Friday, and the 101-win Mets backed into a best-of-three wild-card series against the San Diego Padres, manager Buck Showalter is reportedly going with Door No. 3: Scherzer and then we’ll see.

That flips the existing order of the two aces, and leaves deGrom’s next start up in the air, technically.