Morning Briefing: Mets Opening Day Game Set for 1:10 PM

Good morning Mets fans! All was relatively quiet on the baseball front on Wednesday as we continue to inch closer to pitchers and catchers in February.

Let’s take a peak at what went on around the Mets front and the rest of the league yesterday!

Latest Mets News

The Mets will kick things off on March 26th at 1:10 p.m. on Opening Day as apart of ESPN’s triple header.

MLB.com has the Mets ranked as the 18th best team in the league in their early power rankings list.

Per Tim Britton of The Athletic, the New York Mets have officially released speedster utility man Sam Haggerty, who made his debut for the big league squad last September as a roster expansion call-up.

Rick Porcello saw the opportunity to win with the current roster of his hometown Mets.

J.D. Davis and John Franco will be honored at The Thurman Munson Dinner Awards, per Anthony DiComo of MLB.com.

The Columbia Fireflies announced former big leaguer Reid Brignac as their new manager.

Latest MLB News

Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell signs a three-year extension after his team made the postseason for the second straight year, along with achieving their third straight winning season.

Major League Baseball announced its 2020 regular season schedule, including a triple-header on Opening Day, per Jessia Kleinschmidt of NBC Sports.

Orioles pitcher Miguel Castro narrowly escapes robbery at gunpoint in the Dominican Republic after he says the “gun jammed.”

MLB.com came out with their outs above average metric for infielders on Wednesday.

There was a huge brawl in the Venezuelan Winter League last night.