As Max Scherzer gets ready for his first rehab start, his return to the Mets rotation may reportedly be sooner than many thought.

According to the NY Post's Jon Heyman, a source familiar with the Mets' thinking said that Sunday's game in Miami is a "consideration" for Scherzer to start.

Scherzer, who has been out with an oblique injury since May 18, pitched a simulated game where he threw 50 pitches on Thursday and said he "felt good" coming out of it. Of course, all of this hinges on how he does and feels during and after his rehab start Tuesday.

This is a little sooner than the six-to-eight week general timeline the team put on Scherzer's recovery.

“The reality is I can very easily have a rehab start, have it be tight and want to actually do it again before I go into a game,” Scherzer said Thursday. “I’m very aware of working through this injury, really focused on not having a setback.”

The Mets will complete their four-game series against the Marlins on Monday before traveling to Houston to take on the Astros for a two-game set. The Mets and Marlins will go at it again in a three-game series over the weekend, this time in Miami.

David Peterson is expected to start Monday, but with Tylor Megill going back on the IL the rest of the week's probables are still up in the air.

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