Throughout all of the madness leading up to it, the New York Mets finally released their 60-game schedule for the 2020 season. While plenty of familiar teams shape up the schedule, they will not make their usual west coast or even central road trips.
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They draw the fifth toughest schedule in baseball when using records from 2019. The Mets open up on Friday, July 24, with the same team they ended 2019 with, the Atlanta Braves. During the same series, they draw the first ESPN Sunday Night Baseball game of 2020.
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Their first of 20 games against the AL East begin following the Braves series. The Mets head to Boston to play the Red Sox twice before welcoming them back to Citi Field for two more games. We will likely see Rick Porcello face his former team during the four-game set.
The Mets see the defending champion Washington Nationals after a four-game road trip against the Braves. Six games are the two longest road trips the Mets have all season. Following their first long road trip, they play seven straight at home, including four against the Nationals. It is part of a long month of August that the Mets play all but three games against their division opponents.
They finish up August with three at home against the New York Yankees, followed by two in Baltimore against the Orioles to start the month of September. The last month of the season is lighter than September was. Four games against the Orioles and three against the Toronto Blue Jays make things slightly easier for them.
The final stretch of games is equal to one they may face in the postseason. Three against the Philadelphia Phillies, three against the Braves, three against the Tampa Bay Rays and four against the Nationals. If the Mets put themselves in a hole like they did in 2019, they will not have an easy schedule to fall back on.
With COVID-19 numbers fluctuating throughout the country, it seems like a lot to hope MLB will complete their shortened season. Players are opting out an coming down with the virus every day, and if things worsen, we might not make it through summer camp.