Meet the Mets
The Mets have now lost three in a row, as David Peterson simply didn’t have it in the team’s series opener in San Francisco last night. The Mets’ lineup continued to disappoint, too, in what wound up being a 7-2 loss.
Choose your recap: Amazin’ Avenue, Newsday, New York Post
The new guys have been the most disappointing part of the Mets, writes David Lennon.
If you’re looking for a silver lining from the Mets’ loss last night, Sean Manaea was mostly effective in a long relief outing despite his velocity
still being very low.
Former Mets prospect Blade Tidwell, who was part of the package the Mets sent to the Giants for Tyler Rogers at the deadline last year, was called up for the game and earned a save as he threw three scoreless innings to close out the game.
The Mets’ lineup is struggling. Tim Britton took a look at what’s wrong with it.
If you’re hoping to see the Mets get more active in working out contract extensions with players in the organization, don’t hold your breath.
Laura Albanese writes that run prevention is great, but the Mets will need to score some runs to succeed.
Marcus Semien isn’t hitting the panic button over his terrible start at the plate.
Sam Dykstra provided notes on a bunch of Mets prospects as minor league seasons begin.
Around the National League East
The Braves were the only other National League East team in action yesterday, and they scored a walloping 17 runs in a win over the Diamondbacks.
Around Major League Baseball
Royals catcher Carter Jensen overslept, arrived late, and found himself scratched in a game that he was supposed to catch. The Royals lost that game to the Twins by a 5-1 score.
The White Sox and Blue Jays were postponed in what would have been Chicago’s home opener.
The Pirates are calling up top prospect Konnor Griffin ahead of their home opener today, and the team and player are close to finalizing a long-term extension that would guarantee him $140 million.
Here are some of the best stats from the first week of baseball this year, and here are some first-week takeaways.
And here’s a quick primer from MLB.com on the minor league seasons getting underway.
Here’s a look back at some of the most highly-anticipated debuts in MLB history.
Randy Johnson’s fastball bird strike took place 25 years ago.
Former baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth’s daughter is attempting to secure control of her parents’ trust amidst their cognitive decline.
The Long Island Ducks have signed Trevor Bauer.
Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue
Steve Sypa previewed the High-A Brooklyn Cyclones and Single-A St. Lucie Mets ahead of their minor league seasons getting underway.
We previewed the Mets’ four-game series in San Francisco.
This Date in Mets History
The Mets’ 2006 season got off to a good start on this date.
