Mets' Opening Day Lineup: A Historic Gamble

0:00It's March 26th. This is New York Met's News Today, powered by AI, your team, your update. The New York Met's kicked off their 2026 season with a bold line-up choice on opening day. Boba's shed started at third base, a position he's never played in the majors. Jorge Palanco took first base, where he had just one partial ending of experience before. This set up marks only the second time in baseball history that two non-Rookie infielders began opening day at spots with one or zero prior games. There. That first instance came with the 1948 Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie Robinson shifted to second base after mainly playing first the year before, while Billy Cox moved from shortstop to third. Experts like Sarah Langs highlighted the stat, noting how it connects today's Met's experiment to that post-war Dodgers squad. These positional gambles carry risks, but if the Met's pull it off through the season, he could rewrite their infield story in a way that echoes. Baseball's deepest history.