Barring an unexpected setback, Noah Syndergaard will return to a major league mound Friday night — seven weeks to the day since he last threw a pitch for the Mets.
The right-hander, out since May 25, will throw a bullpen session Wednesday, and if all goes well, he will start against the Nationals at Citi Field, manager Mickey Callaway said on Tuesday before the Mets-Phillies game.
Syndergaard, whose name has surfaced in trade rumors, made a rehabilitation start Sunday in Coney Island for Single-A Brooklyn and reported no problems with the strained ligament in his right index finger that shelved him for almost two months.