The Mets’ starting pitching outlook might not be as dire as was believed 48 hours ago.

Echoing the sentiment of a tweet from Wednesday, Marcus Stroman reaffirmed his lack of concern for the muscle tear in his calf that landed him on the injured list to start the season.

“It’s one of those things where you have to be mindful of the MRI even though how good you feel,” Stroman said. “Definitely not something that you want to push before its ready to come back.”

The timeline of the injury underscores Stroman’s surprise when he learned of the diagnosis. He was hit with a sharp ground ball in a simumlated game about 10 days ago, and though the calf swelled up significantly, it didn’t affect him until his next outing when he felt pain after running to cover first base.

“It kind of progressed the next few days, felt good, ended up throwing a 50-pitch bullpen on my normal day, then we decided to run just to make sure and that’s when I kind of felt it,” Stroman said.

While he’s on the injured list, Stroman will pop in and out of Citi Field while maintaining social distance from his teammates that are available to play.

Stroman said he intends to keep his shoulder strong by throwing bullpen sessions, since he doesn’t feel pain while landing and is only worried about having to make sharp cuts to field his position.

“I don’t feel it truly when I pitch at all,” he said. “It’s that last moment where my foot flexes and I have to make a sudden movement. Once I’m able to check that box where I can accelerate and move at full speed then I’m going to be back out there.”

Stroman, who is very confident in the training he does both in the offseason and during the year to mitigate the lingering effects of these types of knocks, noted his five-month recovery time from an ACL tear in 2015 as an example of his ability to beat the timetable set for him.

The Mets have not named a fifth starter for Tuesday in Boston to fill the hole left by Stroman’s temporary absence. Manager Luis Rojas said they plan to do so after Thursday’s Opening Day game against the Braves.

Corey Oswalt made the team’s initial roster, but if he is needed out of the bullpen in the first four games, the Mets could look to David Peterson or Erasmo Ramirez to make the start. Both, however, would necessitate a 40-man roster move.