NEW YORK — Luis Rojas calmly took the ball from Rick Porcello, the Chester native who certainly thought he wouldn’t see his manager at the mound this soon. Porcello then took off his glove and held it as he made the slow walk off the field. He descended the dugout steps and walked toward the other end of the bench, receiving a few pats on the back along the way.
This was not how Porcello, a former Cy Young Award winner, imagined his Mets debut.
Porcello, formerly with the Red Sox, only pitched into the third inning.