PORT ST. LUCIE — The Mets can simply name it “Tremendous Sunday.”
Jacob deGrom will begin an exhibition recreation in opposition to the Cardinals at Clover Park that day and Max Scherzer will comply with in aid, in a dynamic 1-2 punch, as supervisor Buck Showalter makes an attempt to maintain his aces aligned for Opening Week. DeGrom is scheduled to pitch the opener in Washington on April 7. Scherzer will pitch the next evening.
The probably association Sunday can have deGrom pitching three innings with Scherzer going 5 - 6 behind him, based on pitching coach Jeremy Hefner.
“After I flashed the thought to Max, he was like, ‘I'm going to shut it down,’ ” Hefner stated Thursday. “It will likely be good for the followers. What a day. What a possibility for a household to return in and, ‘Hey, I'm going to the yard to observe deGrom and Scherzer throw in the identical recreation.’ Which will by no means occur once more, so it’s a reasonably cool alternative for followers and for us to witness that.”
Scherzer threw 5 innings in opposition to the Marlins in his Grapefruit League debut on Monday. DeGrom, pitching for the primary time since final July, adopted on Tuesday with two innings in opposition to the Astros.
Tylor Megill and Josh Walker are scheduled to pitch in opposition to the Astros on Friday. David Peterson and Taijuan Walker will comply with in opposition to the Nationals earlier than deGrom and Scherzer take their flip.
The Mets have a camp day Monday — a exercise however no recreation — and Chris Bassitt is scheduled to pitch Tuesday in opposition to the Marlins.
James McCann, who was scratched from Tuesday’s recreation with again soreness, is enhancing based on Showalter, and should quickly return behind the plate.
“Hopefully it's across the nook,” Showalter stated. “However we've obtained a while there, he obtained lots of at-bats early in intrasquad and completely different stuff. I'm not going to place a precise date. It’s not ‘if,’ it’s ‘when.’ ”
The Mets employed most of their beginning lineup Thursday evening, however used Hayden Senger at catcher after Tomas Nido performed earlier within the day in a minor league exhibition to deal with Bassitt.
Drew Smith, who had been bothered by foot soreness, pitched a scoreless inning within the minor league recreation.
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