PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander are back together for the first time in nearly a decade.
The pair of three-time Cy Young Award winners threw off adjacent bullpen mounds Friday at the New York Mets training complex. The 38-year-old Scherzer and Verlander, who turns 40 on Monday, were teammates on the Detroit Tigers from 2010-14.
"They're going to make the club," manager Buck Showalter quipped.
Showalter hasn't announced which will start the March 30 opener at Miami.
"What's driving them?" Showalter said.