Two of the game’s hardest-throwing starters will clash today at Citi Field, a meeting of mound monsters who turn starts into theater.
Carlos Martinez against Noah Syndergaard. Tsunami versus Thor. Thunder and lightning in Game 1 of 162.
And to think the most interesting moment of opening day could come at closing time.
It has been more than five months since Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak named finding a closer as one of his top priorities.
Some candidates were acquired, and others have been cultivated, but still the club finds itself entering games that count without a clear-cut finisher.