Eventually, the names the baseball world spoke of in such reverential tones the last few seasons will reunite.
Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom, Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler, and Steve Matz will come together again to form the Mets’ starting rotation. From what is known already, that could take at least two to three months, assuming the “all positive” second opinion Los Angeles-based Dr. Neal ElAttrache offered Thursday on Syndergaard’s strained right lat muscle did not involve a longer timeframe.
Then, it becomes a question of how well that rotation will perform. By the looks of things, the answer will disappoint all those who predicted the quintet would dominate baseball for as long as the franchise wanted to keep it together.