And to start 2018, we might be getting just that. With lefty Jason Vargas going down with a hand injury and likely missing at least the first turn of the rotation in the regular season, there’s a chance the Mets get to trot out what some have called the “five aces.”
A turn in the Mets rotation made up of Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom, Matt Harvey, Steven Matz, and Zack Wheeler has never happened. Not in any order. Any time the guys have been up in the majors, at least one of them has been injured.