Jacob deGrom shuts them down, Robinson Cano brings them home

For the 38th time in their past 50 Opening Days, the Mets left the field with one in the win column. Like so many Opening Day victories before, the Mets were aided be the impeccable performance of their pitching staff headed by the reigning Cy Young winner in Jacob deGrom. Between deGrom and Scherzer’s face off and the battle between Justin Verlander and Blake Snell in Tampa, today marked the second time in history that all of the top four vote-getters for the Cy Young would face each other on Opening Day.