The Mets co-ace, rehabbing a low-grade teres major strain in his shoulder, said he has strengthened the troublesome muscle and is “99 percent.”
The mental side has proven more of a hurdle recently.
Verlander, whose club debut likely will be next week, will have missed his first month with his new team, part of a Mets squad that is down four-fifths of its projected rotation. “You see [healthy] guys stretching themselves just a little bit — it is frustrating,” Verlander said Tuesday before the Mets played the Nationals at Citi Field. “It’s hard for me to not be a part of [the team] and not help in some way, shape or form.
If all goes well, Verlander could begin his season next Wednesday or Thursday in Detroit, where he starred from 2005-17.
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