With teams heading north for the regular season and baseball’s most glorious day finally upon us, Mets fans are anxious to see how the team will rebound from their disappointing performance in 2017. While we obviously won’t know fully what to expect for a while, several key storylines in the 2018 season will begin to unfold on Thursday afternoon. Here are three things to watch out for in the Opening Day clash with the Cardinals:
With Adrian Gonzalez struggling in Spring Training and Dominic Smith beginning the year on the sidelines, a move to first base for Jay Bruce has begun to look like a real possibility, and in the outfield, no one really knows how well Michael Conforto’s bat will recover from his shoulder injury.