PHILADELPHIA — The Mets may very well be dealing with one other vital roster determination as quickly as Monday.
Mark Vientos is nearing a return from the appropriate hamstring pressure that has price him nearly three weeks, and supervisor Carlos Mendoza indicated earlier than Sunday that the third baseman may very well be activated for the beginning of a four-game sequence towards the Braves at Citi Area.
Vientos performed Sunday in a minor league rehab recreation for Triple-A Syracuse and went 1-for-5 because the beginning third baseman.
Vientos is 2-for-17 (.118) over 4 video games in his rehab task.
“We’ll see if he wants extra at-bats due to the timing, however well being goes to be the No. 1 query,” Mendoza mentioned earlier than the Mets fell 7-1 to the Phillies at Residents Financial institution Park. “If he’s bodily able to go, then the following step, the following part, might be OK.”
Vientos’ will return to an already crowded infield scene, leaving Ronny Mauricio, Brett Baty and Luisangel Acuña as candidates for a return to Syracuse.
Acuña, who began at second base Sunday, has served as a late-inning defensive alternative and pinch-runner.
Baty and Mauricio can every play third base and second. As soon as Vientos returns, the Mets would possibly need Mauricio enjoying every single day at Syracuse, as his at-bats determine to be lowered with Vientos’ return.
Mauricio missed all final season rehabbing from a number of knee surgical procedures.
Baty, Mauricio and Acuña have struggled offensively.
Vientos has dealt together with his personal offensive struggles — he’s produced a .230/.298/.380 slash line with six homers and 21 RBIs in 53 video games this season.
He injured the hamstring working to first base at Dodger Stadium on June 2.
The Mets entered play 61-for-71 (85.9 %) in stolen base makes an attempt this season, which was the best price in MLB.
The Mets have been one in all eight groups with 4 gamers (Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto, Acuna and Tyrone Taylor) to have a minimum of eight stolen bases this season.
The Mets’ seven-homer barrage Saturday marked the fifth time in franchise historical past the crew hit a minimum of that many homers in a recreation. All of the occurrences have been at Residents Financial institution Park.
