New York Mets (0-0) at Houston Astros (0-0)
Game 1:
Date: Thursday, March 27
Time: 4:10 pm EST
Broadcast: SNT/SCHN
Game 2:
Date: Friday, March 28
Time: 8:10 PM
Broadcast: Apple TV+
Game 3:
Date: Saturday, March 29
Time: 7:15 pm EST
Broadcast: FOX
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Probable Starting Pitchers
Game 1: Clay Holmes (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Framber Valdez (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
Holmes makes the transition from the bullpen to an Opening Day start in his debut with the Mets. Last season in 67 games, he went 3-5 with 30 saves, a 3.14 ERA, a 3.02 FIP, a 1.30 WHIP, and a 9.7 K/9. Valdez gets the season started for Houston. Last season, he went 15-7 with a 2.91 ERA, a 3.25 FIP, a 1.11 WHIP, and an 8.6 K/9.
Game 2: Tylor Megill (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Hunter Brown (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
Megill gets the middle game for the Mets. He went 4-5 with a 4.04 ERA, a 3.55 FIP, a 1.31 WHIP, and a 10.5 K/9. Brown last season went 11-9 with a 3.49 ERA, a 3.58 FIP, a 1.27 WHIP, and a 9.5 K/9.
Game 3: Griffin Canning (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Ronel Blanco (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
Canning makes his Mets debut. Last season, with the Angels, he went 6-13 with a 5.19 ERA, a 5.26 FIP, a 1.40 WHIP, and a 6.8 K/9. Blanco goes for the Astros. Last season, he went 13-6 with a 2.80 ERA, a 4.15 FIP, a 1.09 WHIP, and an 8.9 K/9.
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Player To Watch:
New York Mets
Juan Soto will make his Mets debut in this series. Last season, he hit .288 in 157 games with a .989 OPS. Soto had 31 doubles, four triples, 41 home runs, 109 RBI, and 128 runs scored. In 13 career games against the Astros, he’s hitting .396 with a 1.100 OPS. He has three doubles, two home runs, ten RBI, and ten runs scored. Last season in seven games, he hit .536 with a 1.403 OPS. Soto had a double, two home runs, nine RBI, and five runs scored.
Houston Astros
Yordan Alvarez, in 147 games last season, hit .308 with a .959 OPS. He had 34 doubles, two triples, 35 home runs, 86 RBI, and 88 runs scored. In seven games against the Mets in his career, he’s hitting .458 with a 1.635 OPS. He has two doubles, four home runs, six RBI, and ten runs scored. Last season, in three games, he went 5-15 with two doubles and four runs scored.
Next Up:
New York: March 31-April 2 at Miami Marlins
Houston: March 31st- April 2 vs. San Francisco Giants
