PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — There is a baseball buzz here at Clover Park.
Mets fans are delirious, riding the high of deep postseason hopes. They have a big-spending owner. They have a rotation that proves it.
On Sunday afternoon against the Cardinals, because of a quirk in the Mets' pitching schedule that doubled as a ticket-selling treat, Jacob deGrom started a game that Max Scherzer finished.
“That was fun — or was it unique?” new Mets manager Buck Showalter asked after a 7-3 exhibition win that featured 12 strikeouts and one walk between two pitchers who share between them five Cy Young Awards.