Last night we saw a sight that we will hopefully see many, many times over the next fifteen years: Juan Soto hit a home run to help lead the Mets to victory. Soto’s bomb—his first as a member of the Amazins—came in the third inning against Hunter Brown and the Astros, giving the team their third run of the game following a two-run second inning. On the pitching side, Tylor Megill looked solid in his first start of the 2025 season, giving up just one run in five innings of work, and the Mets’ bullpen combined to pitch four scoreless innings to close out a 3-1 win.

Choose your recap: Amazin’ Avenue, Faith and Fear in Flushing, MLB.com, NY Post, Daily News, Newsday

Griffin Canning will get the start tonight in his first effort to bounce back from an up-and-down major league career.

Brett Baty got his first start at second base last night as he looks to prove his worth as a major league player.

Paul Blackburn spoke about the freakish injury luck he’s had since last summer.

Max Kranick is excited to pitch for the team he grew up rooting for after injuries have kept him out of the majors for a couple years.

MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo examined some of the major questions facing the Mets as the season gets underway.

The Mets quietly released right-handed reliever Connor Overton after signing the 32-year-old to a minor league deal this past winter.

Around the National League East

After the bullpen blew the game for the Braves on opening day, the Atlanta relief corps once again failed to come through in game two, as Dylan Lee surrendered a go-ahead home run to Jake Cronenworth in the eighth inning en route to a 4-3 loss to the Padres.

The Good Phight offered some reasons to be pessimistic about the 2025 Phillies (this article comes off the heels of an earlier one about the reasons to be positive but I personally prefer this one).

Federal Baseball asked if the Washington Nationals have a bullpen problem (spoiler alert: they do).

A ninth-inning two-run homer from Otto López was not enough for the Marlins, as they suffered their first loss of the season at the hands of the Pirates.

Relief pitcher Seth Martinez cleared waivers for the Marlins and was sent to Triple-A Jacksonville.

Around Major League Baseball

The Rays underwent a massive endeavor transforming Steinbrenner Field into their 2025 home stadium.

Tampa Bay got an exciting walk-off win in their first game in their new ballpark, but the team suffered a major blow, as Josh Lowe is likely heading to the injured list due to an oblique injury.

The Diamondbacks locked up one of their talented young pitchers, signing Brandon Pfaadt to a five-year, $45 million extension with two option years.

Jack Leiter got the first win of his major league career in his first start of 2025.

Surprise, surprise—the Dodgers won again, this time on a Mookie Betts walk-off homer.

Several teams—including the Mets—have some injuries that they need to overcome in the early parts of the season.

Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue

Chris McShane examined the pitch mix that Clay Holmes went with in his opening day start.

Chris and Brian Salvatore discussed the first Mets loss of the season in the latest episode of Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series.

This Date in Mets History

The 2000 Mets opened their season against the Cubs in Japan on this date twenty-five years ago.