WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Mets right-hander Clay Holmes faced his first hurdle as a starting pitcher in Saturday’s 4-1 loss to the Washington Nationals at CACTI Park.

As New York Mets pitcher Clay Holmes is the team’s opening day starter, there could be some surprise since it’s his first season with the ballclub coming off a few years for the New York Yankees where he was a reliever.

The Mets’ Opening Day starter will be a pitcher with all of four career starts to his name. Right-hander Clay Holmes will start March 27 in Houston, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza announced Friday, coron

Clay Holmes will get to experience one of the top honors bestowed upon a starting pitcher in his first year with the role. The New York Mets’ new starter, who spent the first seven seasons of his career as a reliever,