Shortly after noon on Tuesday, the Mets began walking out of the home dugout at Citi Field to prepare for a workout ahead of their National League division series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, which begins Friday.
They laughed and formed lines to begin stretching; soon Manager Terry Collins walked through with his hands behind his back, observing the scene.
Easily visible was the long, wavy hair of the Game 1 starter, Jacob deGrom, as was all 6 feet 6 inches of the Game 2 starter, Noah Syndergaard. In fact, all of the players expected to be on the 25-man playoff roster were there, except for one big name — pitcher Matt Harvey, who is scheduled to pitch Game 3 of the series Monday in New York.