Prehab

Mickey Callaway explains how the Mets pitchers will prepare for games in 2018:

“Everyone I’ve been around pretty much walks outside, stretches, plays catch, they do their bullpen. Our pitchers in Cleveland had about an hour-and-a-half routine before they even went out and played catch. They were with massage therapists, then they were with trainers, getting all these hands-on things done, then they went to the weight room to see the strength coach for extra stretching, then they went on the bike, then they went outside and stretched.

“It’s pre-hab. If we can implement those types of things, we have a better chance to stay healthy. It does work. When you present it to these guys, they are going to want to do it.”

There is also talk of a six-man rotation, but it seems like more of using a sixth starter strategically to lessen the load on the other starters. Callaway brings that from experience:

“We may go to a six-man rotation at some point to give guys a break when we can,” Callaway said. “I pitched over in Asia, and when you start pitching every sixth day, it is a hundred times easier. It really is. I think we have enough depth to make those adjustments.”

The Mets rotation has the potential to be great. Keeping it healthy is the first step in that direction.

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