Mets' Max Scherzer: Bullpen session on tap

Scherzer (hamstring) is scheduled to throw a bullpen session Tuesday, Tim Healey of Newsday reports.

Manager Buck Showalter said the Mets will assess how Scherzer's tight right hamstring responds to the throwing session before determining whether he's capable of making the team's Opening Day start Thursday in Washington. The Opening Day nod became vacated last week, when ace Jacob deGrom was diagnosed with a shoulder injury that will keep him sidelined for at least four weeks. With deGrom on the shelf and Scherzer's status for Opening Day iffy, Tylor Megill has likely secured a spot in the Mets' rotation to begin the campaign.