
How Mets’ tight rotation competition is taking shape
NY Post
PORT ST. LUCIE — The most significant news of Mets camp has involved the pitchers the world has yet to see: Frankie Montas (a lat strain that will cost months) and Sean Manaea (an oblique strain expected to cost weeks) will miss time at the start of the season.
The pitchers the Mets have seen — which is now every rotation candidate — have given the team some consolation.
“We still feel good with our options [after] watching them at least one time through the order,” manager Carlos Mendoza said Tuesday, after which all possible rotation members had competed at least once in the Grapefruit League.
Kodai Senga, David Peterson and Clay Holmes have looked strong early as the three certainties in the club’s rotation.
Tylor Megill, Griffin Canning and Paul Blackburn have shown health and some promise for a team that likely will keep two of the three in the early-season rotation.
While the Mets expect to often employ a six-man rotation, off days bake in an extra rest day for the first two and a half weeks of the season.