For the record, I don’t think the 60 game season is going to happen the way the MLB owners intend it to. I’ve also miscalculated and underestimated capitalistic greed by the owners before. So in reality, I don’t think the 60 game season is going to happen in a way that almost any other country on Earth would permit it to happen.
It’s July 7th, the Mets are going to play a 60 game season of baseball. They played 20 Spring Training Games this year, they are scheduled right now to play two summer spring training games against the Nationals and then it’s go time.
This creates an interesting situation for the Mets. Since the Mets play most of their normal spring training games against a handful of teams: Marlins, Cardinals, Nationals, and Astros and since the Mets are playing only eastern teams in the regular season, they are going to see a lot of the same players this year.
Putting Spring Training and the Regular Season together, the Mets will see the Marlins 15 times over 82 games and the Nationals 13 times over 82 games. Or 18% of their games against one team, and just shy of 16% of games against the other.
Of course, this means nothing. But if you find yourself getting overly familiar with the Marlins and Nationals rosters this year, there’s a reason why.
