4 Mets players we already forgot started on Opening Day in the last five seasons

2) Kevin Plawecki was the NY Mets Opening Day catcher in 2018

The Mets looked like they were going to be set at catcher for a very long time. Travis d'Arnaud was obviously the blue-chip prospect they received in the R.A. Dickey trade but Kevin Plawecki was a first-round pick and a top prospect in his own right.

d'Arnaud disappointed for much of his Mets tenure and did not catch a vast majority of the games started by Noah Syndergaard because of his inability to throw out base stealers. With that in mind, Kevin Plawecki was the Mets' 2018 Opening Day catcher with Syndergaard on the mound, the year after Rene Rivera started on Opening Day.

Plawecki was in the Opening Day lineup batting seventh behind Adrian Gonzalez. Much like Gonzalez, Plawecki shined in the season opener. The backstop hit a double in his second plate appearance and hit an RBI single to extend the Mets' lead to 9-4. Plawecki had the exact same stat line as A-Gon, getting hits in two of his three at-bats and drawing two walks. Plawecki drove in a run and did score one more run than Gonzalez.

If Plawecki played every game like it was Opening Day he would've lasted longer, but the 2018 season was his last as a Met.