DeGrom is likely to will start the Mets' third game of the season, the team's home opener, Friday, April 8 against the Phillies, the NY Daily News reports.

EDGE Analysis

DeGrom was to start the Mets' second game of the season, April 5 against the Royals. But with his wife Stacey due to give birth to the couple's first child that day, Noah Syndergaard will make the start instead. As long as all goes well with the birth, DeGrom should start the third game of the season.