"A Mets season that has been one extended episode of General Hospital is about to get a visit from the Young and the Rested.

Chris Young says he won't have a doubt in his mind about his right arm when he's removed from the disabled list before tonight's game to face the Nationals.

Two-plus weeks of rest have convinced him it really was just right biceps tendinitis bothering him, and nothing more serious.

"Now it feels back to normal and maybe even better than it did before the end of spring -- maybe because I did a lot of work during spring training," said Young, who is scheduled to face Jordan Zimmermann to open a three-game series at Nationals Park.

Less than a week after returning Jason Bay from the DL, the Mets now get back a key component to their rotation.

But manager Terry Collins' crew won't be close to whole until Angel Pagan (oblique), Bobby Parnell (circulatory problem in his right middle finger) and Ronny Paulino (oblique) return.

At least Young won't have to worry about the chilly weather he says may have contributed to his tendinitis. Temperatures are expected to be in the 70s at first pitch tonight, a far cry from the 50-degree weather he encountered in Philadelphia and New York during his first two starts.

Young, who missed most of the last two seasons with shoulder problems, called it a "relief" that he needed only two weeks on the sidelines."