The New York Mets might have been one of the National League favorites last year, but this year, it's supposed to be different. 

They have a rotation that contains two potential Hall of Famers in Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer and depth at nearly every position. 

They overhauled their analytics department and front office in recent seasons and hired a respected, veteran manager in Buck Showalter. 

The Mets also have an owner in Steve Cohen who is so unafraid of spending money to turn his childhood team into a juggernaut that there was an entirely separate luxury tax tier created to try and restrain his spending.

These are no longer the hapless Mets known more for Wilponian dysfunction than anything else. DraftKings Sportsbook has the Mets with the second-highest odds to win the NL East, only behind the defending World Series champion Atlanta Braves.

However, this is the Mets we're talking about, so a lot can go wrong. And a lot already has gone wrong just a few days away from Opening Day.