The New York Mets will open their
2015 season on Monday afternoon in Washington D.C. against the Washington
Nationals. Bartolo Colon the veteran
starter will get it started against Max Scherzer. The Nationals are arguably the best team in
baseball and have the majors best rotation.
The Mets have their own very good rotation with a lot of youth and a lot
of guys on their way up. They are hoping
their hitting will add some help to a good rotation and that their bullpen has
gotten better with some youth in it and some lefty relievers that were added
late in spring training.
The Mets finalized their 25 man
roster on Saturday. They demoted Eric
Campbell and will carry just four bench players and eight relievers. Buddy Carlyle is on the team and Vic Black is
going to the disabled list. Daniel
Murphy will not go on the DL and Danny Muno and Matt Reynolds were both sent to
AAA. The Mets rotation lost Zach Wheeler
to Tommy John surgery but will get Matt Harvey their ace back. They will also have Jon Niese, Dillon Gee and
Jacob deGrom. The lineup will have David
Wright, Lucas Duda and Curtis Granderson returning along with Daniel Murphy and
Juan Lagares who they are hoping will continue to improve offensively. Michael Cuddyer is the big free agent
addition to help the lineup.
The Nationals have an unbelievable
rotation consisting of Stephen Strasburg, Gio Gonzalez, Scherzer, Doug Fister and
Jordan Zimmerman. They have some pop in
their lineup and their one weakness will be their bullpen. Ryan Zimmerman will move to first base,
Denard Span, Bryce Harper and Jayson Werth are their big players.
The Mets will be off on Tuesday and
then continue their series Wednesday and Thursday nights. Here are the pitching matchups.
Monday-Scherzer vs. Colon
Wednesday-Zimmerman vs. deGrom
Thursday-Strasburg vs. Harvey
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