The Mets were denied a ‘real’ Opening Day this season due to the Nationals’ outbreak of COVID-19, and so while their season started on Monday, today felt the closest to what Opening Day typically is. The Mets must have agreed, because their win today seemed far more in line with their traditional Opening Day luck than their late loss to the Phillies on Monday. Unfortunately for the Marlins, the Mets are just really good, and lucky, on (even fake) Opening Day.
Taijuan Walker started for the Mets and looked fantastic. His velocity was sitting in the mid-90s, hitting 97 a few times, and had an impressive slider going for most of the afternoon.