New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson announced that Noah Syndergaard will get the start on Saturday against the Washington Nationals and will pitch one inning.
Previously scheduled starter Matt Harvey will come in after the first inning.
Syndergaard, 25, has been sidelined since the end of April and recently said that a return this season is important to him.
“It’s a personal thing for me,” he said. “I am getting really anxious. I spent three or four months rehabbing, and if at this point they are going to shut me down, what really was the whole point of all that? I feel I worked real hard in the rehab process and I just really want to get out there and prove I can come back from that kind of injury healthy.”
Before hitting the disabled list, Syndergaard was 1-2 with a 3.29 ERA in five starts, striking out 32 and walking two in 27.1 innings. He was out with a partially torn right lat muscle.
