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Your Opening Day morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.

Your Monday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.

The Mets squandered a perfect opportunity, and it stirred up some bad feelings.

What does our staff think will happen this weekend?

Your Tuesday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.

Our predictions went about as well as the Mets’ season as a whole.

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports On a cool April day in Denver, the Mets and Rockies played two baseball games, one of which was good and fun, and one of which was bad. The first game of the day was filled with plenty of highs and lows, something that has become routine when Jacob deGrom takes the mound for the Mets. Though the Mets did end up winning 4-3, it took a late-inning rally to secure the win, and considering how the team performs when deGrom starts, it was far from a guarantee. The ...

Let’s guess the 2021 Mets’ record! Share this story Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images In just a few hours, the Mets kick off the 2021 season. Before a single pitch is thrown or ball hit, our staff will do their best to guess what the Mets’ record will be. Put your own guesses in the comments! Linda Surovich: 87-75 Photo by Doug Murray/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Michael Drago: 88-74. The pitching staff will have its ups and downs, but the offense will be strong enough to lead the Me...

Amazin’ Avenue’s reasons to be pessimistic about the Mets’ 2021 season Share this story Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images If there is a fanbase more inherently pessimistic than the Mets’, they hide it better on Twitter. Mets fans notoriously see the world through brown-colored glasses, and so our staff has laid out the reasons why maybe the 2021 season won’t go the way we want. Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images Kory Powell: Without question, the biggest reason to be pessimistic about t...