MIAMI — Mark Vientos obtained a reprimand for his lack of hustle on Tuesday.
After the Mets’ 4-2 loss to the Marlins, the third baseman mentioned supervisor Carlos Mendoza, Francisco Lindor and base-running coach Antoan Richardson approached him about his jog to first base that price the group a baserunner.
Vientos hit a grounder to 3rd base that seemed to be a routine out. However Graham Pauley dropped the ball and a jogging Vientos was late to start out working.
He obtained thrown out in an in depth play.
“It’s unacceptable,” Vientos mentioned Wednesday. “It gained’t occur once more.”
Vientos mentioned the message he obtained from Mendoza, Lindor and Richardson was to not let it occur once more.
Did Vientos notice within the second he had goofed?
“I hit it to 3rd base and sort of began jogging out of the field, coasting,” Vientos mentioned. “Then I heard the gang giving a response like he dropped it, however at that time it was too late. I ought to have been sprinting from the [start], proper when he hit it.”
Vientos was additionally visibly upset after flying out within the ninth with the tying runs on base — he fired a bit of his gear to the bottom in disgust.
“I’ve obtained to tame it down a little bit bit, however that’s simply how I compete,” Vientos mentioned.
