There they are, the pride of the fleet for the Mets. Sports Illustrated will be featuring the New York Mets on the cover of their 2016 Baseball Preview that will be available on newsstands. They pick the Amazins to win the NL East.
It’s a gorgeous cover featuring the hard-throwing starters Matt Harvey and Jacob deGrom and shutdown closer Jeurys Familia. My only complaint is, where’s Noah Syndergaard! Not a big deal and I’m still going to grab a few copies and also frame one for my office.
Harvey as you know has already been named the Opening Night starter against the Kansas City Royals in Kauffman Stadium, while Noah Syndergaard will pitch in relief in Game 2 with Bartolo Colon the likely starter.
The Mets have exhibition games against the Chicago Cubs in Las Vegas on March 31 and April 1 and they will have deGrom and Steven Matz starting those games. So here is how it all shakes out the way I see it:
4/3 – Game 1 at Kansas City, Matt Harvey
4/4 – Day Off
4/5 – Game 2 at Kansas City, Bartolo Colon and Noah Syndergaard
4/6 – Day Off
4/7 – Day Off
4/8 – Game 3 at Citi Field, Jacob deGrom
4/9 – Game 4 at Citi Field, Matt Harvey
4/10 – Game 5 at Citi Field, Noah Syndergaard
4/11 – Game 6 at Citi Field, Steven Matz
4/12 – Game 7 at Citi Field, Bartolo Colon
