PORT ST. LUCIE — The Grapefruit League season will be shorter for the Mets’ young starting pitchers than in previous years.
In an effort to give the rotation extra rest after a heavy workload that spilled into November because of the team’s World Series appearance, the Mets don’t plan to use Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard and Steven Matz in the first “four or five” exhibition games, according to general manager Sandy Alderson.
“Then they will gradually increase their workload as they would as if they started the first week,” Alderson said Wednesday at Tradition Field.