WEST SACRAMENTO — Brett Baty acquired the nod at second base Saturday in opposition to the A’s, seeking to discover some kind of an offensive spark. He’s in a troublesome spot having by no means performed second base within the huge leagues, and he’s beneath super strain to carry out proper now having been forwards and backwards from the minor leagues over the previous few seasons, and second baseman Jeff McNeil nearing a return from an indirect damage.
The Mets wish to alleviate a few of that strain. The aim this weekend for Baty is straightforward, with supervisor Carlos Mendoza saying the 25-year-old must have enjoyable once more.
“I think he needs to go back to enjoying it,” Mendoza stated Saturday at Sutter Well being Park. “I do know he’s solely had 20-some at-bats or one thing like that, however he’s an enormous leaguer. It’s ensuring that you simply go on the market after which you’ve gotten enjoyable. You go on the market and compete and simply be your self…
“That’s the bottom line.”
Baty went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts Saturday in a 3-1 loss to the A’s. He hit a two-out single up the center within the fourth off right-hander J.T. Ginn and made it to second on an error by JJ Bleday. With the Mets going through right-hander Luis Severino on Sunday, Baty will seemingly get one other begin at second.
Baty has discovered himself being indecisive on the plate, and gotten himself into dangerous counts. The Mets are keen to let him work by it for now, particularly since McNeil is probably going per week or two away from a return, however a demotion may be mandatory if this development continues.
The Mets haven’t misplaced religion of their once-top prospect.
“We’re pretty comfortable,” Mendoza stated. “We have confidence that he’ll get there,”
SIRI DAY-TO-DAY
Middle fielder Jose Siri fouled a ball off his left shin in his first at-bat Saturday, leaving the sport shortly after. X-rays had been adverse for any fractures or breaks, however a contusion proper under his knee left him in appreciable ache. The Mets don’t assume he’ll want further imaging, however haven’t dominated something out.
He left the sector in crutches and is taken into account day-to-day in the intervening time.
“I’m in a lot of pain,” Siri stated by a crew translator. “It got me right on the bone, so I don’t have any power in that leg.”
With the clubhouses on the Triple-A ballpark behind the outfield, Siri wanted a golf cart to get again to the coaching room. In a considerably humorous second, the golf cart broke.
Whereas the cart could also be occurring the injured record, Siri remains to be not sure. Tyrone Taylor took his place in middle discipline, going 1-for-4.
“We’ll just wait and see how it feels in the next few days and then we’ll have a better understanding of it,” he stated.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Catcher Luis Torrens returned to motion Friday night time after sitting out most of final week with a forearm contusion. Hayden Senger acquired the beginning Saturday within the second sport of the collection, however Torrens was wholesome sufficient to play.
“No complaints at all,” Mendoza stated. “He wanted to be in there today, but I said a day game after a night game, and having not played for about five, six days, [no]. But he’s good today.”
McNeil went 1-for-2 with a stroll in a rehab begin with Low-A St. Lucie on Friday night time, whereas catcher Francisco Alvarez went 0-for-3 with a run scored, a stroll and a strikeout. They’ll proceed their rehab assignments Sunday.
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