It's a pitched battle as guys with agentive nouns for first names lock horns, with lefthander Tanner Tully toeing the bump for the invading enemy, while Tylor Megill — fighting to catch on at the back off the Flushing rotation — defends for the Mets.
The Mets remain deliberate about when to reveal Jeff McNeil to the world, but Harrison Bader is diabolically being revealed for the first time as a Met against his former teammates.
If you haven't been paying attention so far, today might be a good day to start, as the Mets are fielding something that looks pretty close to an Opening Day lineup.
Drink, I'm told, will flow. Blood, according to independent accounts, will spill.
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| # | Player | Pos. | # | Player | Pos. |
| 1 | Anthony Volpe (R) | ss | 1 | Brandon Nimmo (L) | lf |
| 2 | Trent Grisham (L) | cf | 2 | Starling Marte (R) | rf |
| 3 | Everson Pereira (R) | lf | 3 | Francisco Lindor (S) | ss |
| 4 | Austin Wells (L) | dh | 4 | Pete Alonso (R) | 1b |
| 5 | Oswald Peraza (R) | 2b | 5 | Francisco Alvarez (R) | c |
| 6 | Oswaldo Cabrera (S) | 1b | 6 | Brett Baty (L) | 3b |
| 7 | Oscar Gonzalez (R) | rf | 7 | Harrison Bader (R) | cf |
| 8 | Ben Rortvedt (L) | cf | 8 | Mark Vientos (R) | dh |
| 9 | Jeter Downs (R) | 3b | 9 | Zack Short (R) | 2b |
| Tanner Tully (L) | sp | Tylor Megill (R) | sp |
