Good afternoon, everyone and Happy Opening Week! My winter hibernation is officially over and it feels good to be writing again. I wanted to jget things started with something fun that I’ve been doing every season since 2005. (Yikes, I’m getting old!)

Here are my Mets over/unders for the 2023 season. Let me know what you think.

I’ll catch you later…

Mets Team Totals

Team Wins: 95.5

Team ERA:  3.60

Team WHIP:  1.20

Team Home Runs:  170.5

Team Stolen Bases:  65.5

Team On-Base Percentage:  .333

Team Slugging Percentage:  .410

Buck Showalter Gets Ejected:  2.5

Players Making MLB Debut: 5.5

Team Hit By Pitch:  112.5

Brett Baty Gets Called-Up:  May 15

Walk-Off Home Runs:  2.5

Grand Slams:  6.5

Blown Saves: 19.5

Mets Hitters

Pete Alonso Home Runs: 40

Francisco Lindor RBIs: 113

Brandon Nimmo On-Base Pct:  .375

Jeff McNeil WAR:  4.9

Starling Marte OPS:  .810

Pete Alonso Slugging Percentage:  .518

Mark Canha Hit By Pitch:  24.5

Francisco Lindor Runs:  98.5

Eduardo Escobar Home Runs:  16.5

Francisco Alvarez Games Started: 35.5

Starling Marte Stolen Bases:  18.5

Daniel Vogelbach Home Runs:  19.5

Mets Pitchers

Justin Verlander Wins:  14.5

Max Scherzer WHIP:  0.99

Kodai Senga ERA:  3.40

David Robertson Saves:  25.5

Carlos Carrasco K/9: 8.5

David Peterson FIP:  3.40

Max Scherzer Wins: 17.5

Justin Verlander WAR:  4.5

Take a minute to make your picks for the upcoming season and let’s get this party started.

A Message From Joe D.

And finally a word of thanks to all our loyal readers. We truly appreciate your support as we begin our 19th season of covering the Mets. We know you have a lot of choices out there, and want to thank you for including us among your daily treks into the Mets blogosphere. You can also follow us on Twitter at @metsmerized.

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