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Gsellman ascending ranks of Mets’ rotation
- Updated: September 25, 2016
NEW YORK — Should the Mets accomplish what they intend to over the season’s final week, then win a National League Wild Card game over the Giants or Cardinals, they will proceed into the NL Division Series with a broken rotation. Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom and Steven Matz, three of their top four starters heading into the season, will all be unavailable due to injury.
That ensures rookies Seth Lugo and Robert Gsellman will both have rotation spots — a thought that is no longer particularly sobering to the Mets. Gsellman on Sunday struck out a season-high eight in the best outing of his young career, blanking the Phillies for seven innings of a 17-0 win at Citi Field. He also notched his first big league hit.
“It kind of came pretty fast,” Gsellman said of his ascension. “I’m definitely having fun so far.”
He should be. Retiring 16 of the final 18 batters he faced in Sunday’s game, Gsellman overcame the one …
