Syndergaard will start the Mets' second game of the season, April 5 against the Royals, the NY Daily News reports.
That start was originally scheduled to go to Jacob deGrom. But with deGrom's wife due to give birth on that day, Thor will get the nod. Syndergaard. who has added a cutter to go along with his changeup, curve and high-90s fastball, faced the Royals in Game 3 of the World Series, buzzing Alcides Escobar with a 98-mph fastball to start the game. He allowed one earned run on six hits with five strikeouts over five innings in a spring start Sunday against the Red Sox.