Prior to the team’s Opening Day game against the Marlins on Thursday, the Mets announced that prized free agent acquisition Justin Verlander would be placed on the 15-day injured list with a low grade teres major strain.
The Mets said that Verlander will continue throwing at “moderate intensity” and would be rescanned in a week in order for the team to provide an updated timetable for his return.
Verlander’s velocity was down in his last spring training start, which the 40-year-old pitcher attributed to “routine spring discomfort.”
