Mets vs. Pirates: How to watch Opening Day, plus pregame and postgame coverage
Scenes from Opening Day last season at Citi Field on April 4, 2025. Credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa Loarca
The Mets will open the season at Citi Field on Thursday afternoon against the Pirates. The game will not be televised by SNY. It will be on NBC and the streaming service Peacock.
The announcers will be Matt Vasgersian, former Mets pitcher Al Leiter and former Pirates and Mets infielder Neil Walker. NBC is planning to use local analysts alongside its regular play-by-play voices this season, its first with a regular baseball schedule since 2000.
SNY will have a pregame show starting at noon and then postgame coverage. Local station NBC 4 New York will also have a pregame show starting at noon.
NBC and Peacock’s coverage will begin at 1 p.m., with the game scheduled to start at 1:15.
The first Mets game on SNY will be the second game of the season on Saturday afternoon.
Anthony Rieber covers sports media and business and professional sports (you know, games and trades and things). He has worked at Newsday since Aug. 31, 1998, and has been in his current position since Jan. 1, 2026.
