MMO Game Thread: Mets vs Braves at 1:05 PM

Noah Syndergaard, 21, makes his Grapefruit League debut today at the Mets take on the Atlanta Braves at 1:05 p.m. this afternoon at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports.

This game is not being televised, but you could listen to the game on WOR 710 AM.

Jacob deGrom, Miguel Socolovich, Gonzalez Germen, Josh Edgin and Jeff Walters also are scheduled to pitch for the Mets.

First baseman Ike Davis, who had been scheduled to DH in today’s game, has been scratched by Terry Collins with calf tightness. The Mets manager said, “I didn’t want him to hit a ball in the gap and make things worse.” Terry should get a part time gig at The Laugh Factory. Davis went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts on Sunday.

Mike Piazza is in camp today serving as a guest instructor for the rest of this week. Travis d’Arnaud on having his childhood idol in camp: “It’s a dream.” The Mets could use some offense, maybe MLB will allow him to bat cleanup while he’s here.

After a successful return to throwing last week, Matt Harvey looks to take another step forward today when he attempts to throw on back-to-back days. If everything goes well this morning, the righthander who continues to make strides in his return from Tommy John surgery, will throw a baseball again on Tuesday.

Jon Niese also threw a bullpen session and said he felt good afterwards. Looks like everything will be okay with him. Hopefully he’ll get a start soon.

After getting off to a 0-3 start in Grapefruit League play, the Mets could use a win today if only to keep Terry Collins from sweating bullets. He sounded like he was in mid-season form after Sunday’s loss.

Here are today’s starting lineups: