2026 Mets - Stearns says “finish him!”

[Orangezoo]

Good start. Peralta wasn’t great but good enough. Benge and Alvarez looked strong at the bottom of the lineup. Surprised they absolutely rocked Skenes. Let’s hope the offense keeps rolling.

 

[SUFaninNJ]

O’Neill Cruz is a horrible center fielder.

 

[Orangezoo]

O’Neill Cruz is a horrible center fielder.

He’s welcome to play the position every time we play them for the foreseeable future. Rather see him get moved to Philly or Atlanta though.

 

[Newhouser]

O’Neill Cruz is a horrible center fielder.

And hitter. Occasional highlight throw and dinger does not make up for all his negatives. Skenes was bad but Cruz ...come on.

 

[sutomcat]

Mets have an interesting team. The Polar Bear has left the building but they might hit more HRs without him. Lots of guys who can hit 20 or 30. Pete incidentally went 0-3 with 2 whiffs for the Os yesterday.

Off day today and I think McLean starts tomorrow.

 

[jncuse]

He’s welcome to play the position every time we play them for the foreseeable future. Rather see him get moved to Philly or Atlanta though.

And he hits the ball harder than anybody else in baseball ... when he makes good contact.

Some years you will see he has like 10+ of the 20 hardest hit balls.

Certain great +++ tools... and then a lot of crap.

 

[Orangezoo]

Mets have an interesting team. The Polar Bear has left the building but they might hit more HRs without him. Lots of guys who can hit 20 or 30. Pete incidentally went 0-3 with 2 whiffs for the Os yesterday.

Off day today and I think McLean starts tomorrow.

Pete starting the year as we saw quite often here without the security blanket of Soto. Really stoked about Benge and Alvarez getting a good start and Peralta not letting then NY spotlight get him out of sorts. I’m sure he was glad to get game 1 out of the way so he can get back to pitching like an ace.

If this can keep up- there won’t be any real weak spots in the lineup. Day 1 can always be fools gold but if guys stay healthy and our starters get back to form behind a new ace or maybe even two if McLean gets rolling then could be a fun year.

 

[SUFaninNJ]

Robert made it through the game without injuring himself, so that’s a plus as well.