Just a few hours after implying they would wait until closer the start of the regular season to officially name a fifth starter, the New York Mets reversed course and all but appointed left-hander Joey Lucchesi as the last member of the rotation for the start of the campaign.
The press asked the Mets’ manager Luis Rojas to compare the two pitchers vying for the last spot, Jordan Yamamoto and Lucchesi, this week, and the skipper had said that “it’s tough still right now for us to make that decision,” explaining that they would wait to just before Opening Day to make it public.