Opening Day is almost here! Can you even believe it?! We’ve been watching the spring training games and keeping up with all the news, including the signing of J.D. Martinez, who gives the Mets a much-needed power bat in the middle of their lineup at the designated hitter spot.

So, what do we think the Mets’ Opening Day lineup is going to look like? Here are our predictions.

Fun fact: We first made our predictions before J.D. Martinez’s signing… so of course we all had to go and update our predictions after the fact! 

Photo by Roberto Carlo

Patrick Glynn

Brandon Nimmo, LF
Pete Alonso, 1B
Francisco Lindor, SS
J.D. Martinez, DH
Jeff McNeil, 2B
Francisco Álvarez, C
Brett Baty, 3B
Starling Marte, RF
Harrison Bader, CF

Chris Bello

Brandon Nimmo, LF
Starling Marte, RF
Francisco Lindor, SS
Pete Alonso, 1B
J.D. Martinez, DH
Francisco Álvarez, C
Jeff McNeil, 2B
Harrison Bader, CF
Brett Baty, 3B

Allison Waxman

Brandon Nimmo, LF
Francisco Lindor, SS
Pete Alonso, 1B
J.D. Martinez, DH
Jeff McNeil, 2B
Francisco Álvarez, C
Starling Marte, RF
Brett Baty, 3B
Harrison Bader, CF

Johnluke Chaparro

Brandon Nimmo, LF
Starling Marte, RF
Francisco Lindor, SS
Pete Alonso, 1B
Francisco Álvarez, C
J.D. Martinez, DH
Jeff McNeil, 2B
Brett Baty, 3B
Harrison Bader, CF

Alexis Farinacci

Brandon Nimmo, LF
Francisco Lindor, SS
Pete Alonso, 1B
J.D. Martinez, DH
Jeff McNeil, 2B
Francisco Álvarez, C
Starling Marte, RF
Brett Baty, 3B
Harrison Bader, CF

Mojo Hill

Brandon Nimmo, LF
Pete Alonso, 1B
Francisco Lindor, SS
J.D. Martinez, DH
Jeff McNeil, 2B
Francisco Álvarez, C
Starling Marte, RF
Brett Baty, 3B
Harrison Bader, CF

Jorge Eckhardt

Brandon Nimmo, LF
Francisco Lindor, SS
Pete Alonso, 1B
J.D. Martinez, DH
Jeff McNeil, 2B
Francisco Álvarez, C
Starling Marte, RF
Brett Baty, 3B
Harrison Bader, CF

Michelle Ioannou

Brandon Nimmo, LF
Francisco Lindor, SS
Pete Alonso, 1B
J.D. Martinez, DH
Jeff McNeil, 2B
Francisco Álvarez, C
Starling Marte, RF
Brett Baty, 3B
Harrison Bader, CF