Mets' Max Scherzer: Appears set for Friday start

Scherzer (hamstring) said after his bullpen session Tuesday that he expects to start the Mets' second game of the season Friday against the Nationals, Deesha Thosar of the New York Daily News reports.

Though Scherzer reported that his sore right hamstring was feeling fine coming out of the bullpen session, he doesn't think he'll be ready to make Thursday's Opening Day start in Washington, which opened up after Jacob deGrom (shoulder) was shut down. The Mets could choose to treat Thursday as a bullpen day or have No. 5 starter Tylor Megill take the hill that day before reordering the rotation if in fact Scherzer is ready to go Friday as he anticipates. Before he's locked in to start Friday, Scherzer is scheduled to go through fielding drills Thursday as one final test to ensure that he's not compromised by the hamstring issue, according to Pat Ragazzo of SI.com.