Mark Vientos during warmups for the Mets' home opener at Citi Field on Friday, April 4, 2025. New York Mets fans ride the escalators to the concourse before the home opener against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday. A New York Mets fan takes a photo with Jackie Robinson's number before the home opener against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday.

The Mets play their 2025 home opener against the Toronto Blue Jays today at Citi Field, where 40,000 fans will welcome superstar Juan Soto to Queens.

Soto is 5-for-21 (.238 batting average) with a home run this season. He still features excellent command of the plate, walking six times to his three strikeouts — his .407 on-base percentage leads every Met but firstbaseman Pete Alonso (.423).

The 28-year-old from California appeared in two games for the Jays last season. He made 12 other appearances in 2024, split between Oakland and Detroit. CINCINNATI (AP) — Jack Leiter shut Cincinnati down for the second game in a row as Texas won to take the three-game series.

Left-hander Easton Lucas pitched five scoreless innings in his first career major-league start as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Washington Nationals 4-2 on Wednesday afternoon.

Lucas (1-0) picked up the win against the Nationals on Wednesday. He allowed one hit and two walks while striking out three across five scoreless innings. With Max Scherzer (thumb) on the IL, Lucas was given the ball Wednesday for his first major-league start.

Straw went 3-for-4 with two doubles an a run in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Nationals. Straw made his second start in center field Wednesday and logged his first hit of the season when he doubled off MacKenzie Gore in the second inning.

Great time for a best-case scenario. The Blue Jays were quick to shuffle their rotation and Easton Lucas made good on their strategy, pitching five scoreless innings in a 4-2 win over the Nationals on Wednesday afternoon at Rogers Centre.

Springer took an 85 mph changeup from MacKenzie Gore deep to left field for a 368-foot homer in the fourth inning, his first of the 2025 campaign. Springer has recorded an RBI in four straight games and has gone 7-for-15 with two doubles,

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Its Friday, April 4 and its Opening Day at Citi Field as the Mets (3-3) take on the Blue Jays (5-2) in Game 1 of their weekend series. Kevin Gausman is slated to take the mound for Toronto against Tylor Megill for New York Pete Alonso carried the Mets to a win Wednesday night in Miami.

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A pair of teams in the AL Central — the Detroit Tigers (2-4) and the Chicago White Sox (2-4) — play on Friday at 1:10 p.m. ET, at Comerica Park.The White Sox are road underdogs (+202)

We're now a full week into the 2025 MLB season, which, of course, means some fanbases are thrilled with how things are going and some are worried about the state of their favorite team. And with a week of action in the books,

Jesse Winker drew a bases-loaded walk to force home the go-ahead run in the 11th inning Wednesday for the visiting New York Mets, who overcame a late three-run deficit to earn a 6-5 win over the Miami Marlins in the rubber game of a three-game series.

In search of some consistency from their lineup, the visiting New York Mets will look to clinch their first series win of the year when they meet the Miami Marlins on Wednesday. The Mets tallied just five hits in their 4-2 loss to Miami on Tuesday,

The Mets escaped with a series victory and 3-3 record in the first week of the season. They will host the Blue Jays in Friday's home opener.

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Luis Torrens continued his stellar sub role against Miami, while the New York bullpen is showing surprising depth.

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Shohei Ohtani hit a tie-breaking home run in the ninth inning on his bobblehead night, lifting the unbeaten Los Angeles Dodgers over the winless Atlanta Braves 6-5 on Wednesday.

The New York Mets received some promising news on one of their 2025 starting rotation hopefuls on Tuesday. According to manager Carlos Mendoza, offseason signee

The Mets were four outs from their second series loss before Pete Alonso tied the game with a home run and they defeated the Marlins in extra innings.