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It was humid, and the sun was poking out of the clouds above Citi Field when the Mets announced that due to severe weather forecast for later in the evening, their series opener against the Cardinals on Monday was postponed.

NEW YORK – For an agonizing matter of seconds that felt like minutes, the entire focus of CitiField turned to first base umpire Chad Whitson and his decision.

Whenever, wherever was a lie!

NEW YORK — Of course, the reeling team that had lost 12 of its last 15 games and seemed to be trending toward another season of irrelevance would find a way to beat one of the best teams in baseball that was starting perennial Cy Young Award contender Max Scherzer.

SEATTLE — The Jarred Kelenic trade is getting a lot of revisionist analysis this weekend as the Mariners face the Mets in New York for the first time since those two teams consummated the deal on Dec. 3, 2018.

NEW YORK — Not much has gone wrong for the first-place Mets to start the 2022 campaign.

ATLANTA — Robinson Cano is in Atlanta and is expected to be in a Padres uniform at Truist Park and be available to play against the Braves on Friday.

The New York starting backstop will be out for six weeks after X-rays revealed a broken bone in his left wrist.

He was designated for assignment by the Mets earlier this month.

The 22-year-old is re-entering the MLB draft this summer.

William Contreras seemed to be a much better option than Orlando Arcia. Contreras became a run-producing machine during the three weeks when Arcia was buried on the bench. But Braves manager Brian Snitker called on Arcia, not Contreras, when he needed a designated hitter against the Red Sox.