Mets look for first 2024 win the Tigers in town for three games—weather permitting.

The Mets (0-3) and Tigers (3-0) couldn’t have had more different opening weekends this season, but the teams are scheduled to play three games over the course of the next three nights in Queens. The weather, however, might not allow for that to happen.

While there’s a little rain in New York City this morning, the series opener should be able to get in without a hitch. The forecast for Tuesday calls for an inch of rain, and the forecast for Wednesday calls for more than an inch of rain. Neither day has much, if anything, in the way of breaks. And with the balanced schedule that Major League Baseball is using these days, this is the only time this season that the teams play one another, meaning one or two postponed games could be crammed into their mutual off day on Thursday.

What complicates that a bit is that the Tigers are supposed to play their home opener in Detroit on Friday at 1:10 PM EDT. Given the average length of games in the pitch clock era, perhaps a straight doubleheader starting early on Thursday afternoon would give them enough time to get the games in and get home without being completely exhausted for that game.

As for the Mets, what is there to say? Whatever optimism existed between the J.D. Martinez signing and the team’s first series has surely dissipated. Three losses is hardly enough to sink a season, but the team probably needs to end this losing streak soon. The Mets will win a bunch of games this year, but they didn’t make it look like they would in three games against the Brewers. Only one of the three had the team showing any signs of life at the plate, and unfortunately, even that performance came up just a bit short.

Looking for silver linings, Francisco Alvarez, Starling Marte, and Pete Alonso are off to great starts at the plate, as evidenced by their respective 263, 180, and 174 wRC+s. And Brett Baty has hit above league average through three games and should probably get everyday playing time—not a platoon partner—as the team figures out whether or not he’s the long-term solution at third base. Unfortunately, all eight of the team’s other hitters have been significantly below league average.

The Mets’ bullpen also has a 2.70 ERA, which has them in a three-way tie for the seventh-best mark in baseball. All of these stats are of the incredibly small sample size variety, but hey, they’re all we have right now.