Good Morning Mets Fans!
Today is the day we’ve all been waiting for. Ever since last November, we’ve all been glued to our phones, counting down the days until the Mets finally play a meaningful baseball game. And that fateful day has finally come. Mets baseball begins today!
At 1:10 p.m. today, Noah Syndergaard will face off against the St. Louis Cardinals. Syndergaard excelled in spring training, firing 100 mph fastballs past opposing hitters with ease. But he’ll have his hands full, matching up against Cardinals ace Carlos Martinez.
Latest Mets News
Mickey Callaway unveiled his Opening Day lineup yesterday. Josh Finkelstein examined it here.
Matt Ehalt of NorthJersey.com reports that the Mets have internally discussed signing Greg Holland.
According to Ehalt, Bryce Brentz has cleared waivers.
Jay Bruce insisted that no one has approached him with the idea of playing first base during the 2018 season.
In honor of the 2018 Mets campaign, the Empire State Building shined orange-and-blue last night.
Yoenis Cespedes, Todd Frazier and Jay Bruce all spoke in a press conference yesterday. In his first-ever interview in English, Cespedes talked about how he believed this year’s Mets team is better than the pennant-winning 2015 one.
Phillip Evans changed his jersey number to #28, per MMO’s own Jacob Resnick.
Mets Rewind published the audio of the Mets’ first game in 1962.
Anthony DiComo of MLB.com showed us the updating that the Mets did in their clubhouse over the offseason.
Latest MLB news
The Rays released two-time Tommy John surgery survivor Daniel Hudson.
The Rays learned that Nathan Eovaldi is suffering from loose bodies in his elbow and will undergo surgery soon.
The Royals received the unfortunate news that All-Star catcher Salvador Perez will be out for the next 4-6 weeks recovering from a MCL tear. He suffered it two days ago while carrying his luggage.
Bob Nightengale has the financial details concerning Ketel Marte‘s extension with the Diamondbacks.
The Orioles returned their Rule-5 pick, Jose Mesa Jr, to Yankees.
The Tigers inked Jairo Labourt to a minor-league contract.
Jerry Cransick of ESPN reports that extension talks between the Twins and Brian Dozier are “dead.”
Latest NL East News
The Reds’s Opening Day matchup with the Washington Nationals will be delayed an extra day due to inclement weather.
The Nationals signed former-Met Carlos Torres to a minor-league deal.
Latest on MMO
Logan Barer predicts the 2018 NL and AL CY-Young candidates.
Josh Finkelstein gives several reasons why the Mets will win more than 90 games this year.
Finkelstein also wonders how Matt Harvey will fare in the 2018 season.
John Sheridan answers fans’ questions in an MMO mailbag
On this date
St. John’s defeated Georgetown, 6-4, in the first event ever that was ever played in Citi Field.
In 2000, the Mets beat the Cubs in Japan.
The Mets announced Johan Santana re-injuried his anterior capsule, an injury which decimated his career.
Birthdays:Billy Beane(56), Eric Gunderson(52), Alex Ochoa(46)
Let’s Go Mets!
