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Mets Pocket book: How Carlos Mendoza divides time between Brett Baty and Luisangel Acuña
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Mets Pocket book: How Carlos Mendoza divides time between Brett Baty and Luisangel Acuña

Last updated: April 18, 2025 11:37 pm
Editorial Board Published April 18, 2025
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Brett Baty and Luisangel Acuña had some powerful begins to the season, however they’ve each began to show issues round as of late. Nevertheless, Jeff McNeil is slated to return quickly with the second baseman/outfielder in New York on Friday to bear extra imaging on his indirect earlier than persevering with his rehab project with both Double-A Binghamton or Triple-A Syracuse.

It’s unlikely the Mets will be capable to discover a strategy to preserve all three infielders on the 26-man roster, however the Mets aren’t but trying that far forward.

“It’s way too early to tell,” supervisor Carlos Mendoza stated Friday at Citi Area. “I think we’ll cross that bridge when we have to. They’re both playing well, you know? So I hope that’s the case.”

The Mets platoon the 2 at second base, although it’s not fairly a straight platoon. The taking part in time has been considerably equitable up to now, with the Mets slotting them into spots they see as being advantageous for every of them.

“Whether it’s righty-lefty, lefty-righty, pitch shapes and pitch types, how certain pitches will play against their swings, their approach,” Mendoza stated. “Also, trying to find a balance to somehow keep them fresh with game action. They’re both playing well, so he makes it a lot harder to try to keep both of them, but yeah, that’s a good problem to have as a manager when you’ve got two young guys making it hard on you to make lineups.”

Neither one was hitting a lot at first of the season, however over their final six begins, they’ve every hit over .300. Baty has extra extra-base hits and extra pop in his bat, whereas Acuña attracts extra walks.

The Mets have been significantly proud of how Baty has carried out over the past two weeks. The previous third-base prospect was booed at his own residence park earlier than the Mets departed for a two-city highway journey via Sacramento and Minneapolis per week in the past, however has been extra aggressive earlier in counts since then and has six hits, together with a double and a triple, and an RBI to point out for it.

“I think it comes down to not missing his pitch early in the count,” Mendoza stated. “When he gets in trouble, pitchers are trying to get ahead of him, and he’s either fouling some pitches off or chasing. I think it comes down to when he gets his pitches, he’s not missing them.”

Even when Baty chases pitches out of the zone, he’s nonetheless combating to increase the at-bat. He’s additionally making arduous contact.

The 2 fee about the identical defensively at second, however Acuña can play shortstop as properly. Acuña can be used usually as a late-game pinch-runner. Together with his pace and protection, he might provide extra versatility than Baty. They’ll have a while to additional their instances, however with McNeil eying a return within the subsequent week or two, a call must be made.

TONY’S HOUSE

Tony Carullo, a longtime former Mets staffer, was acknowledged Friday when the membership named the customer’s clubhouse in his honor. From 1975-2019, Carullo ran the visiting clubhouse, and previous to that, he labored in different roles. He spent 51 seasons with the Mets, beginning as a bat boy for the visiting workforce in 1969. An avid wine collector in his spare time, Carullo now lives in Port St. Lucie the place he’s nonetheless a fixture at Clover Park and infrequently brings in bottles to take pleasure in at Tutto Fresco with different former Mets staffers.

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