Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports that the Mets have put together a lineup of starting pitchers for their first five spring training games, with Walker Lockett set to take the hill for their opening contest this coming Saturday – Feb. 23 – against the Atlanta Braves.

Jacob deGrom gets the ball the following day in a split-squad contest against the Houston Astros (also a home game). Noah Syndergaard will pitch on Tuesday, Feb. 25th against the Astros in Kissimmee, while Zack Wheeler will make one of the team’s starts in a split-squad meeting with either the Atlanta Braves (away) or Detroit Tigers (home).

For Lockett, Saturday’s kickoff will mark his first appearance in a Met uniform – albeit not one for which stats will mean a whole lot. The 24-year old righty was acquired from the Cleveland Indians along with minors infielder Sam Haggerty in exchange for catcher Kevin Plawecki in early January, and has three big-league starts under his belt thus far.

A likely depth piece in the Mets’ rotation alongside Corey Oswalt, Héctor Santiago, and Chris Flexen, Lockett posted a 4.73 ERA with the San Diego Padres’ Triple-A affiliate in El Paso last season, allowing just 2.2 walks per nine innings, but also struggling with a homer rate of 1.1 per nine.

DeGrom’s first start will no doubt draw its share of attention as the righty looks to build off his dominating 2018 campaign in which he averaged 11.2 strikeouts against just 1.9 walks per nine innings to go with a glistening 1.70 ERA and 9.6 bWAR through a career-high 217 innings en route to his first Cy Young Award nomination. He remains caught in extension talks with the organization dating as far back as mid-summer last year, with questions currently surrounding his openness to a similarly heavy workload ahead of the 2019 season.

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In his first healthiest season since 2014, Wheeler dazzled with a 3.31 ERA and 3.25 FIP, putting up a career-best 3.25 K/BB ratio while increasing his fastball velocity from a 94.7 mph average in 2017 to 95.8. Wheeler, 28, is set to hit free agency at the end of the season, and looks to further build value with another solid year out of the middle of the rotation.

Syndergaard, meanwhile – despite a 13-4 record, 3.03 ERA and 2.80 FIP in 2018 – hopes to stay healthy following a year in which he spent two different occasions on the disabled (now injured) list. Judging by his two complete games and overall 1.73 ERA in the closing month of September, picking up on past success should not be much of a challenge.

SNY will televise the Mets’ home games on Saturday and Tuesday (both 1:10 p.m. EST), while Sunday’s game will be live on WPIX (also 1:10). Syndergaard’s start on Monday will not be televised by either network.