This was clearly not how the New York Mets drew it up in March. In fact, conversations were had about how this year’s team would fit seven capable starting pitchers onto the Opening Day roster.
Above all that even, the “Big Five” had been a dream of the organization and its’ fans since the 2015 season, when the rotation vaulted the Mets to a World Series run. With only Zack Wheeler sidelined, the light at the end of the tunnel seemed within arm’s reach.
Injuries to Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom and Steven Matz, along with a Wheeler setback in 2016, pushed that fantasy back yet another season, though.