For every headline writer and every fan, for most of the season, there have been two choices for describing the New York Mets’ pitching plan in a crucial moment: Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom, or Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer. Yet with the playoffs beginning Friday, and the 101-win Mets backed into a best-of-three wild-card series against the San Diego Padres, manager Buck Showalter is reportedly going with Door No. 3: Scherzer and then we’ll see.
That flips the existing order of the two aces, and leaves deGrom’s next start up in the air, technically.