Michael Conforto rounds the bases after his leadoff home run in the first inning of the Mets' 7-5 win over the Braves on Monday.
ATLANTA — You lose your best hitter, Yoenis Cespedes, on Thursday. Your best pitcher, Noah Syndergaard, follows him to the shelf on Sunday.
Come Monday, if you’re Mets manager Terry Collins, you look for only one thing — and it’s not exactly a splint.
“Somebody has to pick up the slack. I’m not asking any starting pitcher to become Noah Syndergaard, I’m asking them to be themselves and go pitch a good game,” said Collins who also asked for his hitters to “drive some runs in.