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The Mets improved to 3-1 on the season with a 4-2 win over the Cardinals in St. Louis. Clay Holmes, the Mets’ 2025 wins leader, picked up his first victory of the season, while Devin Williams earned his first save in orange and blue. Carson Benge had his first two-hit game in the majors, and Bo Bichette, who heard plenty of boos in the team’s first homestand, drove in two, including the go-ahead run.
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Bichette is just focused on competing as he looks to get right at the plate.
Tim Britton provided some early analysis of the team’s season, including the hot start from Luis Robert Jr. and the early struggles of Bo Bichette.
Joel Sherman offered his early opinions on the Mets’ season in his “Three Things I Think” segment.
Laura Albanese believes Mets fans need to cut the struggling Bichette some slack.
Keeping Sean Manaea stretched out is going to be a challenge for New York, explains Mike Puma.
Kodai Senga is making his season debut tonight, and with it comes high expectations.
Francisco Alvarez has new representation, hiring The Team (formerly Wasserman) to represent him.
Elian Peña is being sent to Low-A ball after a promising spring.
Around the National League East
The Braves blanked the Athletics 4-0.
The Nationals embarrassed the Phillies 13-2.
The Marlins picked up their first loss of the season, falling 9-4 to the White Sox.
The Braves have optioned spring standout Didier Fuentes to Triple-A to stretch out as a starting pitcher.
Phillies fans are understandably not happy with the team’s slow start.
Around Major League Baseball
This year’s rookie class is slugging their way to history.
The MLB Hope-o-Meter polled over 11,000 fans and shows how they’re feeling in the early stages of the season, with 72 precent feeling optimistic about their team this year (up from 66 percent in 2025).
So far this year, there has been a 54% overturn rate using the ABS challenge system out of 175 attempts. Of those challenges, catchers have a 64% overturn rate, while batters have a 42% overturn rate, and pitchers a 40% overturn rate.
Jeff Passan examined the best and worst ABS challenges so far in 2026, while Johnny Flores Jr. of The Athletic explored which umpires, teams, and players and thrived, and which have struggled, under the new system.
Sam Blum wrote about how new ABS measures have shrunk half of all hitters, making them all short kings.
Theo DeRosa looked at when some stars will face off against their former clubs this season.
It’s never too early for trades, and the Brewers proved that as they picked up outfielder Luis Matos from the Giants.
Milwaukee is also nearing an extension with their No. 4 prospect, Cooper Pratt, on an eight-year deal worth a reported $50.75 million. Pratt is currently ranked No. 62 among all prospects in MLB.
The Royals topped the Twins 3-1.
In a reunion of old friends, team Nimmo and deGrom (the Rangers) beat team Alonso and Bassitt (the Orioles) 5-2.
The Reds blanked the Pirates 2-0 to improve to 3-1 on the season.
The Rays got a run in the ninth to sneak past the Brewers 3-2.
The Astros walloped the Red Sox 8-1.
The Cubs beat the Brewers 7-2, as Edward Cabrera proved why he was so coveted by Chicago this offseason leading up to the trade.
The Dodgers fell 4-2 to the Guardians for their first loss of 2026, but Roki Sasaki was impressive and found his confidence in a promising first start.
Cody Ponce made his first major league appearance since 2021 but had to be carted off the field in the Blue Jays’ 14-5 loss to the Rockies, their first defeat of 2026.
Tony Vitello, who I am learning is the Giants’ manager and not an extra on the Sopranos, was the toast of the clubhouse after his first win as San Francisco’s skipper, a 3-2 victory over the Padres.
Michael Soroka struck out 10 and threw and immaculate inning to help league the Diamondbacks to a 9-6 victory over the Tigers. Justin Verlander got the start for Detroit and had to grind through his first outing back with his old club.
Cal Raleigh broke out of a mini slump with a walk-off single to hand the Yankees their first loss of 2026 and give Seattle a 2-1 victory.
Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue
Chris McShane discussed Sean Manaea’s declining velocity and the resulting predicament for the Mets early on in the season.
I previewed the team’s series against the Cardinals.
This Date in Mets History
On this date in 1998, the Mets outlasted the Phillies 1-0 in a 14-inning Opening Day at Shea.
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