Good morning, Mets fans!
Opening Day is finally here! After five long months of cold weather and no Mets baseball, Amazin’ fans can rejoice as their club will take the field yet again today. Last season was a wild roller coaster ride that saw the Mets look dead in the water a couple of months in, to doing a complete 180 and going to the sixth game of the NLCS. The squad from Queens has now added some new faces, including former crosstown foes Juan Soto and Clay Holmes, to try to get themselves over the hump. The energy is high as another exciting season is on tap in Queens!
The Mets open up in Houston today at 4:10 p.m. EST. It will be Clay Holmes making his first start as a Met, going against Astros ace Framber Valdez.
Latest Mets News
Manny Randhawa of MLB.com did an interview with Juan Soto’s mentor and Little League coach, Rafel Zapata, who turned Sot from a pitcher to a position player.
Frankie Montas‘ MRI this week showed “really good healing” in his strained right lat, David Stearns said. He still is a week or two away from starting a throwing program, per Tim Healey of Newsday.
Steve Cohen went in depth with Jon Heyman of the NY Post on how any why he went to the length that he did to get Soto.
Carlos Mendoza says Brett Baty will receive “a lot of the reps” at second base with Jeff McNeil starting the season on the IL, per SNY.
Brett Baty and Luisangel Acuña made the Opening Day roster. Click here to learn more about the Mets’ Opening Day cuts.
Francisco Alvarez got his stitches out on Monday. He will begin working on strength and will ramp up to baseball activities, per Carlos Mendoza and SNY.
Latest MLB News
Strauss is beginning a Minor League Baseball partnership as the first brand partner on MiLB helmets, per David Broughton of Sports Business Journal.
RHPs Carl Edwards Jr. and Touki Toussaint each signed a minor league deal with the Los Angeles Angels and were assigned to Triple-A Salt Lake.
New Brewers starter and former Met Jose Quintana agreed to be optioned to the minors to complete his build-up, per Adam McCalvy of MLB.com.
In 2025 spring training, the ABS challenge system yielded these results: 4.1 challenge per game, 52.2% overturn percentage, 2.6% of called pitches challenged and 13.8 seconds added per challenge.
The Yankees and Mets are expected to generate $909 million in economic impact for New York City during the 2025 regular season, according to projections from NYC mayor Eric Adams and the NYC Economic Development Corporation, per Mike Mazzeo of Sports Business Journal.
Pirates star young pitcher Jared Jones is dealing with a UCL sprain and the organization is being careful and exploring other avenues as they try to avoid Tommy John surgery, per Noah Hiles of Pittsburgh Post-Gazzette.
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On This Date in Mets History
2022: Jacob deGrom pitches the first three innings and Max Scherzer finishes the game with six innings in relief as they strike out 12 in a 7-3 spring training win over the Cardinals.
1987: The Mets acquire David Cone from the Royals in exchange for Ed Hearn, Rick Anderson and Mauro Gozzo.
Born on This Date: Clay Holmes (1993), Brandon Nimmo (1993), Matt Harvey (1989), Johnny Monell (1986), Michael Cuddyer (1979), Bill Sudakis (1946).
