Mets' reliever-turned-starter Clay Holmes got brutally honest on the pressure he dealt with while pitching for the Yankees.

Padres pitcher Michael King knows what it’s like to transition from reliever to starter. After acquiring him from the Yankees, San Diego applied the strategy they used with Seth Lugo to move King into a starting role. Back in New York, the Mets are doing the same with a former Yankees reliever: Clay Holmes.

The New York Mets announced their Opening Day starter, and it feels like a shot at the snakebitten New York Yankees. As if signing Juan Soto wasn't enough.