It’s here, it’s finally here!!! This is one of my favorite times of the year in one of the best months of the year. The smell of freshly cut grass. The taste of whatever new concoction the chef has conjured up at the ballpark. The sight of my favorite diamond, the best kind, the green kind. The sound of the crowd roaring after the National Anthem and then hearing the umpire yell out, “Play Ball!” This is Christmas in April. It’s Mets Opening Day!!!
Every team starts out with the same record. Some teams do what they are supposed to, some teams underachieve and some surprise you. Every fan has hope on opening day, they have dreams of a ticker tap parade in October and talks up the teams strengths while downplaying their weaknesses. Every team has hopes and dreams of going further that just the regular season.
The Mets Opened the day up with Curtis Granderson leading off against Max Scherzer. There were many positives of this game. Bartolo Colon looked pretty good, well I mean he got the win. He let up one run, a homer from Bryce Harper in the fourth inning, in six innings and eight strikeouts with only one walk. Hopefully there’s more of that to come from Colon, as the forty-one year old right hander continues to defy age.
It was great to see Colon win against the guy that just won himself a hefty contract, Max Scherzer. It was also really great to see Lucas Duda get a big hit, the Mets first hit. With a walk to Granderson and one of the errors to Desmond, Duda’s hit drove them both in giving the Mets the lead. Then in the seventh Desmond had another error to allow Juan Lagares get on base and then come around to score on Travis d’Arnaud’s triple that just missed being the Mets first homer of the season. The ball and luck seemed to roll the right way for the Mets today.
Now, I have a nitpick. First the lineup, I didn’t like it at all. Why is Granderson leading off and Lagares in the six slot? If you put Lagares in the leadoff slot, while putting Murphy in the two hole and Granderson in the six slot, it moves everyone down one spot, deepening the lineup. Murphy knows how to take a pitch or two to allow Lagares to swipe a base and Granderson’s pop and him hitting sixth will allow for more RBI’s. I think that lineup allows for the greatest outcome, why not just give a shot. It’s almost like Terry Collins is doing everything in his power to not give Lagares a chance. Last year it was not starting him when he clearly was the best the option the team had in centerfield. This year it’s not giving Lagares the opportunity to bat leadoff. Why not just give it a shot? Just to see what could happen?
More injury’s! Mejia was warming up to pitch in the ninth and felt his elbow tighten up. He will be receiving an MRI Tuesday morning. This is a scary thing because of the location and the epidemic that is Tommy John surgery. In the meantime, Familia will be “putting it in the books” for the Mets until the Mejia returns. Hopefully he comes back soon and healthy. The Mets need to stop getting injured too. Hopefully it’s not an excuse and they are able to overcome it.
I’m very happy with seeing an opening day win that was really great to see especially against a team that a lot of people picked to win the division if not win the World Series too and it was against the prized starting pitcher of the free agent market. How did you like the Mets Opening Day? Did you enjoy it? Are there any thoughts that you had from this day? Let’s Go Mets!!!
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