Maybe the third time will be the charm for Jacob deGrom.

NEW YORK — And maybe the third time will be the charm for the Miami Marlins Tony Perez Jersey , though facing deGrom probably isn’t anybody’s idea of a charmed existence in 2018.DeGrom will once again hope the weather cooperates Tuesday night, when he is scheduled to take the mound for the New York Mets against the Marlins in the pushed-back opener of a four-game series at Citi Field.Weather permitting, deGrom (8-8, 1.68 ERA) will resume making his case for the National League Cy Young Award when he opposes the Marlins’ Jose Urena (5-12, 4.41 ERA) in a battle of right-handers.Article continues below ...The teams were supposed to open their series Monday, but the game was postponed four hours before first pitch due to a steady rain that wasn’t expected to let up the rest of the night. The game will be made up as part of a single-gate doubleheader Wednesday at 4:10 p.m. ET.For deGrom, Monday marked the second straight day in which he had a start shelved. He was scheduled to start against the visiting Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday afternoon but was scratched due to a foreboding weather forecast. The Mets, who started rookie Corey Oswalt, ended up winning 6-4 in a game that went off without a hitch following a 27-minute rain delay prior to first pitch.The Mets scratched deGrom because they were confident the forecast for Monday would be much better. Alas …“From what we see at this point — which, I mean, it’s the weather, it’s hard to predict — it’s supposed to clear up in the evening,” Mets manager Mickey Callaway said Sunday afternoon. “So, we thought when we made that decision http://www.redsfanproshop.com/authentic-cliff-pennington-jersey , we were thinking that we have a good chance to play (Monday) night.”And Monday marked the second straight postponement for the Marlins, who haven’t played since suffering a 5-1 loss to the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night. The series finale Sunday afternoon was postponed due to rain. The focus will be deGrom whenever the Mets (65-77) and Marlins (56-86) do finally play baseball. He enjoyed a record-breaking start in his most recent appearance Sept. 3, when he endured yet another hard-luck no-decision after allowing one run on two hits over six innings in the Mets’ 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.It was the 25th straight start in which deGrom allowed three runs or fewer, which tied the all-time record set by Leonard Cole of the Chicago Cubs in 1910, as well as his 20th straight quality start, which broke the Mets record set by Tom Seaver in 1973.DeGrom is in a three-way race for the Cy Young with the Washington Nationals’ Max Scherzer and the Philadelphia Phillies’ Aaron Nola. While Scherzer (17 wins) and Nola (16 wins) ranked first and second in the NL in victories entering Monday, deGrom’s ERA is more than half a run better than those of Nola (2.29) and Scherzer (2.33).However, having his start pushed back to Tuesday almost certainly means deGrom will finish with fewer starts than both Scherzer and Nola, who are on pace for 34 and 33 starts, respectively. DeGrom is on pace for 32 starts.Urena earned the win in his previous start Sept. 3, when he allowed one run over seven innings as the Marlins beat the Phillies, 3-1.DeGrom is 4-5 with a 3.68 ERA in 15 career starts against the Marlins. Urena is 3-5 with a 3.81 ERA in 12 games (eight starts) against the Mets. The Mets sign Jacob deGrom to an extension. MLB players answer a survey. For the Padres, the future is now."With the regular season starting tomorrow, I’m very excited for another season of Cubs baseball and baseball in particular. I’m also very nervous because I’m already exhausted and the season hasn’t even started yet! Good thing there will be more off-days in the schedule this year. Kyle Hendricks wasn’t the only pitcher who signed a extension just before the start of the season. New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom agreed to a five-year David Ross Jersey , $137.5 million extension that will keep him in Flushing through the 2024 season if the Mets pick up the option year at the end.Craig Edwards evaluates the deal and thinks that both sides got a fair deal in line with the current market.Bob Nightengale writes that the Mets just had to get this deal done. Considering that current Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen was deGrom’s agent just four months ago, it would have been really embarrassing to not get this deal done.Buster Olney agrees the Mets had no choice and that the team would have faced a fan and player revolt had they not agreed to a long-term deal with deGrom. (ESPN+ sub. req.) Olney also mentions that thing about how embarrassing it would have been for Van Wagenen not to sign a guy he represented for years as an agent.Staying with the Mets, deGrom’s teammate Noah Syndergaard had not only complained about deGrom’s situation, but also about a scheduled workout in Syracuse, NY before the regular season started. Syndergaard decided to play nice with the fans and fly the Syracuse University flag around the Carrier Dome.The Athletic published the results of their anonymous survey of current MLB players. (The Athletic sub. req.) Voted the favorite city to visit? Chicago. Least favorite city? Cincinnati.That’s not what’s getting the headlines, however. The big news is that the players chose Phillies outfielder Bryce Harper as the “most overrated” player and Manny Machado as the “dirtiest” player. Although I think Chase Utley should get some credit for finishing second in the “dirtiest” balloting despite being retired. Players who voted for him said they didn’t care he was retired. He was still the dirtiest. Bill Baer argues that the players are mistaken and that Harper is actually underrated. In any case, Baer also notes that Harper has been pandering pretty hard to the Philadelphia fan base. He’s done everything short of changing his walkup music to Hall & Oates’ “Kiss On My List.” Bad news for the Diamondbacks as starting right fielder Steven Souza Jr. tore pretty much every ligament in his left knee stepping on home plate in Monday’s game. Souza will miss the entire 2019 season.Reds top prospect Nick Senzel was upset that he was sent down to the minor before the start of the season, but now he’s dealing with a sprained ankle and will be in a walking boot for 7 to 14 days.MLB has suspended Giants CEO Larry Baer until June 1 for a domestic violence incident. Hannah Keyser thinks it is fair to ask if Baer should have been punished more severely.Former Rockies great Todd Helton was charged with a DUI after being involved in a one-car accident. Helton has reportedly entered a treatment program. For the second time this Spring Training, we’ve had to say goodbye to a longtime baseball journalist. Former Newsday and MLB.com writer Marty Noble died at the age of 70 and Anthony DiComo has a tribute to a man he considers a mentor. The Padres broke with current trends by foregoing service time manipulation and they announced that top prospect Fernando Tatis Jr. will start the season with the major league team. Jack Baer finds this development refreshingly shocking.Jon Tayler profiles Tatis and calls him the future of MLB. Tayler says Tatis resembles his teammate Manny Machado a lot more than his father. And remember, the White Sox traded him to the Padres for James Shields. (In fairness, Tatis was a lottery ticket when the White Sox traded him. It’s just that the Padres discovered he had all the winning numbers. They still probably shouldn’t have dealt him for Shields.)Another top Padres prospect, pitcher Chris Paddock, also made the Opening Day roster. Watch as manager Andy Green tells Paddock he made the majors on the mound as he removed him from a Spring Training game. Thirty-year-old Twins right-hander Ryne Harper has made the majors for the first time after eight years in the minors. Harper has actually been in the majors once before, but the intention is to actually get him into a game this time. The Ringer has been running several terrific season preview articles over the past week or so. This one by Ben Lindbergh shows how the evolution of “the opener” is not only changing the game http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-david-ross-jersey , but it’s changing the way that players are valued by teams and analysts. The “opener” strategy broke the WAR statistic, for example.And Zach Kram talks about the evolution of the shortstop position and how today’s shortstops are better at hitting than at any time in baseball’s history.And if you want something a little less analytical, Claire McNear talks about her Giants fandom and how she is dreading that this is the year that pitcher Madison Bumgarner leaves San Francisco for a new team.While Michael Baumann publishes a guide on which players to watch in order to get the most entertainment through your MLB.tv subscription this season. It’s hard because as Baumann notes, watching Whit Merrifield is fun. Watching the rest of the Royals is not fun.Moving on from The Ringer, ESPN’s David Schoenfield picks the most exciting thing to expect in MLB in 2019.MLB.com polled 50 of their experts and experts from the MLB Network on who is going to make the playoffs and win it all this year. All is not good in MLB-land, however. Bob Nightengale calls attention to the disturbing disparity in payroll between the top and bottom teams.Coley Harvey fills us in on the shoulder injury suffered by Yankees ace Luis Severino.Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun missed the exhibition games in Montreal because he “forgot” his passport. Sure. Because I’m sure he was devastated to not be able to play in two meaningless exhibition games in an outdated stadium with artificial turf for which he wasn’t going to get paid. We may hate the guy, but you can’t deny he’s a genius. Pitchers Jon Duplantier, Sal Romano and Carl Edwards Jr. talk with David Laurila about their curveballs.And finally, it’s also a beer commercial, but legendary filmmaker Spike Lee has made a short three-minute film on the legacy of Jackie Robinson.And tomorrow will be a better day than today, Buster. Because tomorrow is Opening Day, Cubs fans!