Without Sean Manaea and Frankie Montas available to start the season, the Mets have plenty of uncertainty in their rotation.

With his oblique strain healed, the left-hander has begun his throwing progression. It's going to take several weeks for Manaea to be built back up, but a season debut sometime in April should be doable.

In a rare bit of good injury news around baseball today, Sean Manaea resumed playing catch earlier this week after being shut down with an oblique strain at the end of February. While it was reported by Anthony DiComo that his throwing progression has begun,